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PRINCETON.  N.  J. 

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Love  is  the  law 


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As  the  Ten  Commandments  were  given  to  Moses  to 
write  down,  even  so  were  the  words  and  commands  of  this 
Book  given  to  me.  It  will  be  well  for  all  people  in  all  parts 
of  the  world  to  read  and  to  ponder  and  to  obey.  Together 
with  The  Gospel  of  Hope,  this  book  is  intended  to  be  A  New 
Bible.  Therefor  whoso  hath  eyes,  let  him  open  them  to  see. 
Whoso  hath  ears,  let  him  hear.  Who  hath  a  heart  or  soul 
or  mind,  let  him  try  to  understand.  When  new  Truth  comes, 
receive  it.  When  new  Wisdom  comes,  treat  it  with  rever¬ 
ence.  As  new  wine  is  put  into  new  bottles,  so  New  Revela¬ 
tions  are  put  into  new  Scriptures.  I  come  to  bring  you  the 
Law. 

Your  friend  and  well-wisher, 

THE  UNKNOWN. 


ICmit  is  tiff  Siam 


CHAPTER I 

I  who  have  a  right  to  speak  giveth  to  thee  the  Truth 
and  bringeth  to  thee  the  Law.  I  pray  you  heed  my  words  be¬ 
fore  it  is  too  late.  To  do  honor  unto  any  man,  thou  must 
hold  in  honor  and  in  reverence  what  manner  of  action 
would  be  pleasing  to  the  soul  of  that  man. 

Christ  does  not  desire  men  to  express  by  material  and 
pagan  actions  the  spirituality  He  came  to  bring  unto  the 
world.  Crucify  not,  I  pray  you,  the  spirit  of  the  Christ 
whom  ye  desire  to  honor. 

God  be  with  thee  and  farewell. 

Thy  well-wisher, 

Written  at  Davenport,  THE  UNKNOWN. 

Iowa,  U.  S.  A., 

Dec.  26, 1921  at  9:45  P.  M. 


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CHAPTER  2 

I  warn  ye  that  ye  have  materialized  and  paganized  the 
Christmas  which  ye  desire  to  hold  in  honor  and  to  celebrate 
with  worship.  Good  intentions  must  be  followed  by  good  ac¬ 
tions  in  order  to  result  in  achievements  that  are  good.  But 
today  your  Christmas  celebration  is  mostly  a  merchant’s 
holiday  and  a  pagan  revelry.  Christmas  Day  should  be 
mainly  a  feast  of  Goodwill  and  a  visiting  of  friends  who 
would  express  Goodwill  one  to  the  other.  For  very  small 
children  below  the  age  of  ten,  there  may  be  childish  gifts. 
But  for  those  who  would  learn  who  Christ  was,  there  should 
be  a  solemn  festival  of  Understanding,  not  a  pagan  revel  of 
Misunderstanding. 

So  I  who  have  the  right  to  speak,  pray  that  you  will 
mend  your  ways  and  enlighten  your  minds  that  the  Happi¬ 
ness  and  Joy  and  Goodfellowship  of  the  world  may  be  in¬ 
creased  thereby.  Every  bit  of  money  spent  in  presents  for 
the  rich  and  the  strong  is  so  much  taken  from  the  fund  that 
is  needed  for  the  poor  and  the  weak. 

The  holidays  of  Christmas  time  as  celebrated  today  are 
largely  a  pagan  celebration  and  I  who  have  the  right  to 
speak,  giveth  unto  thee  the  Truth  and  bringeth  unto  thee 
the  Law. 

I  want  no  pine  trees  or  juniper  trees  or  fir  trees  for 
Christmas  time. 

I  desire  merely  happy  thoughts  and  kind  thoughts  and 
thoughts  of  Goodwill  from  thee  toward  thy  fellowmen  and 
toward  God.  Unto  the  poor  and  the  lowly  and  to  very  small 


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children,  ye  may  give  gifts.  Unto  the  least,  ye  shall  give 
the  most.  Unto  the  poorest,  ye  shall  give  gifts  that  are  the 
richest.  Unto  grown-up  folks,  ye  shall  give  nothing  except 
smiles  of  Good  Cheer,  and  handclasps  of  Joy  and  greetings 
of  Goodfellowship. 


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CHAPTER  3 


I  am  the  fulfillment  of  the  Law.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
is  upon  me.  The  words  of  the  Lord  open  my  lips.  The 
grace  of  the  Lord  is  poured  upon  my  heart.  The  power  of 
the  Lord  is  my  inspiration.  Into  the  sunshine  of  this  per¬ 
fect  day,  I  look  forth  and  see  the  Lord.  Into  the  blackness 
of  the  darkest  night,  I  look  forth  and  see  the  Lord. 

Where-so-ever  I  look,  to  the  right  side  or  to  the  left  side; 
before  me  or  behind  me,  there  standeth  the  Lord  in  all  His 
glory. 

Praise  unto  the  Lord !  I  declare  His  words  unto  ye !  I 
spread  His  healing  over  ye!  All  around  thee  and  before 
thee,  I  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord.  As  I  write  the  Lord  is 
with  me,  for  I  write  what  He  commandeth.  Praise  unto  the 
Lord! 

Not  with  long  and  solemn  faces;  not  with  tears  and  Ten¬ 
ded  garments;  not  with  sadness,  grief  or  sorrow  shall  ye 
come  before  the  Lord.  But  with  songs  of  glad  thanksgiving; 
with  hymns  of  mirth  and  merriment;  with  laughter  and 
with  seemly  dances  shall  ye  worship  me  in  purity  and  hum¬ 
bleness  of  Spirit, — saith  the  Lord ! 

The  pure  in  heart  shall  seek  me  and  the  pure  in  Spirit 
find  me! 

For  thus  saith  the  Lord. 


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CHAPTER  4 


All  thy  pride  of  power  shall  vanish !  O  ye  Cities  filled 
with  Greed.  Fierce  as  fires  in  factory  furnaces  I  will  smite 
ye  and  dumbfound  ye.  I  will  bring  thy  heads  unto  the  dust. 
Thy  hearts  shall  overflow  with  grief.  Thy  souls  shall  be¬ 
come  parched  as  a  desert  land.  No  fruit  of  any  kind  shall 
grow  near  thee.  No  grain  of  any  sort  shall  spout  nigh  ye, 
until  ye  render  Justice  to  thy  toiling  fellowmen — to  the 
grimy  faced  and  horny-handed  laborers.  I  demand  of  all 
men  Justice.  Thus  saith  the  Lord ! 


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CHAPTER  5 


All  people  are  my  people !  saith  the  Lord  God.  All  races 
are  mine  and  for  the  welfare  and  happiness  of  all  men  am  I 
anxious  and  solicitous,  saith  the  Lord. 

There  shall  be  no  Despoilers  and  no  Despoiled.  There 
shall  be  no  favorite  peoples  and  no  outcast  peoples!  But 
every  race  shall  be  equal,  every  man  everywhere,  be  his 
skin  white  or  black  or  brown  or  yellow  shall  stand  on  his 
own  merits  and  by  his  own  good  deeds  shall  he  be  judged. 

There  shall  be  no  first  and  no  last  but  all  men  shall  be 
equal  in  my  sight  for  they  are  all  my  children,  saith  the 
Lord.  Therefore  listen  to  me,  ye  who  are  proud  and  heark¬ 
en  to  me,  ye  who  are  haughty.  I  will  make  the  least  the 
greatest  and  the  last  the  first.  For  I  am  the  God  of  Justice. 
The  sin  of  sins  and  the  damnation  of  all  deep  damnations  is 
pride  of  Spirit  and  haughtiness  of  soul  and  snobbishness  of 
heart.  Ye  must  cease  to  disdain  and  to  sneer  at  and  to  be 
indifferent  to  my  Law  which  is  the  law  of  Kindness  and  of 
Love  and  of  Goodfellowship.  Else  shall  it  in  time  come  to 
pass  that  thou,  O  haughty  white  man,  shall  wait  upon  and 
serve  the  Black  man.  Thy  pride  I  will  bring  low  unto  the 
dust.  Thy  cities  I  will  level  to  the  ground.  They  proud 
palaces  will  I  give  to  bats  and  to  owls  as  tenants.  I  am  the 
God  of  Justice.  I  will  be  heard  and  my  laws  must  be  obeyed. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord ! 


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CHAPTER  6 


These  are  the  words  of  the  Unknown  who  wrote  down 
and  had  printed  and  gave  to  the  world  the  Gospel  of  Hope 
and  the  world  received  it  not.  Because  the  world  forsooth 
was  too  busy.  Its  affairs  are  too  important.  The  world  has 
no  time  for  the  words  or  the  teachings  or  the  warnings  of 
God.  The  world  dances  and  plays  cards  and  buys  and  sells 
and  goes  to  prize  fights  and  bull  fights ;  to  baseball  games1 
and  to  football  games;  to  dramas  and  to  movie  picture 
shows. 

But  the  world  has  little  time  for  the  great  and  deep  and 
serious  things  of  Life.  The  world  is  too  busy — too  busy  for 
the  affairs  of  God.  0  poor  and  pitiful  and  pitiless  world! 
When  will  ye  learn  to  take  what  ye  need, — a  little  humility 
and  the  golden  Silence  that  gives  time  for  the  Soul  to  think 
and  for  the  Heart  to  gain  Understanding.  Without  Under¬ 
standing,  the  races  of  men  shall  perish  from  off  the  face  of 
the  Earth.  For  unless  ye  have  Understanding,  Hatred  and 
Suspicion  and  Envy  shall  come  to  blind  thine  eyes  and  to 
shrivel  thy  hearts.  Ten  years  ago  the  Gospel  of  Hope  was 
written  and  eight  years  ago  letters  of  warning  were  sent  to 
the  Czar  of  Russia  to  the  Emperor  of  Germany  and  to  the 
King  of  England.  Seven  years  ago  the  Great  War  came. 
Today  the  Czar  of  Russia  and  his  son  and  his  wife  and  his 
daughters  are  dead.  The  Emperor  of  Germany  is  an  out¬ 
cast  from  the  land  of  his  birth, — derided  by  men  and  for¬ 
saken  by  God.  For  he  was  a  cowardly  poltroon  with  a 
haughty  heart.  And  pride  still  goeth  before  a  fall.  When 
the  Great  War  came,  men  died  by  millions  and  property  was 
destroyed  by  billions  and  the  end  is  not  yet. 


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CHAPTER  7 


Men  are  driven  to  their  daily  tasks  like  slaves,  by  their 
greed  and  petty  ambitions  and  little  vanities  and  false  pride 
and  by  their  fear  lest  they  die  in  the  poor  house. 

There  is  no  Freedom  in  their  souls  and  no  vision  in  their 
minds  and  no  sense  of  Life’s  greatness  and  glory  in  their 
hearts.  Poor  and  rich  are  alike.  They  are  all  overbur¬ 
dened  with  business.  They  are  all  manacled  by  Cares 
and  bowed  down  by  Anxieties  and  vague  Fears — they 
know  not  what.  The  rich  man  is  poorer  and  more  fearful 
than  any  peasant.  The  peasant  hath  more  courage  because 
having  less  to  lose,  he  feareth  so  much  less  to  lose  it.  Where¬ 
as  the  rich  man  having  so  much  more  to  lose  lives  in  the 
midst  of  constant  fears  and  forebodings  and  dire  prognosti¬ 
cations  of  coming  Evil.  The  poor  man  waits  until  Evil 
comes.  The  rich  man’s  heart  runneth  forth  to  greet  it. 
Though  he  meets  it  not  he  still  finds  that  his  fears  have 
pulled  him  down  and  shrivelled  him  up.  The  Conscience  of 
the  rich  man  aboundeth  in  fear  because  he  liveth  in  a  world 
of  daily  injustice  and  Injustice  is  the  parent  of  petty  Fears 
and  of  Spiritual  Poverty.  Therefore,  envy  not  the  rich 
man,  O  ye  who  are  poor !  The  poor  man  may  fear  realities 
but  the  rich  man  fears  both  the  Real  and  the  Unreal.  When 
there  are  no  real  dangers  in  sight,  the  rich  man’s  imagina¬ 
tion  will  create  them.  Fears  of  the  Fancy  are  worse  than 
Fears  of  Fact, — because  they  are  more  prolific.  A  thous¬ 
and  devils  exist  in  the  imaginations  of  men  to  one  that  exists 
in  the  flesh  of  men.  He  who  lives  in  a  world  of  fanciful 
fears  is  a  slave  and  the  whole  world  is  full  of  slaves. 

Freedom  can  come  only  to  the  heart  that  has  thrown 
away  its  fears. 


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CHAPTER  8 


It  has  been  written  in  the  oldest  writings  of  the  Jews 
that  God  is  a  God  of  wrath  and  fierce  anger, — one  to  be 
feared.  But  I  say  unto  you  that  God  is  a  God  of  pity  and  of 
mercy  and  of  love.  Furthermore  I  say  unto  you  that  so  long 
as  these  ancient  histories  continue  to  be  called  holy  and  to 
be  read  with  reverence,  filled  as  they  are  with  stories  of 
cruelty  and  bloodshed  and  egotistic  falsehoods  concerning 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel  who  led  men  forth  to  battle,  so  long 
as  these  ancient  lies  live,  there  shall  be  no  Peace  on  Earth 
and  no  joy  in  the  hearts  of  men.  For  I  say  unto  you  that 
the  Past  is  dead  and  ye  must  bury  it.  Old  books  and  ancient 
prejudices  and  antique  lies  must  be  thrown  away. 

A  New  Day  is  at  hand !  saith  the  Lord.  All  peoples  are 
my  people.  Greater  years  than  ye  have  known;  higher 
Knowledge  than  ye  have  yet  attained;  more  wonderful  in¬ 
ventions  that  the  telephone  and  telegraph  or  airship  or 
automobile;  nobler  ideals  than  those  contained  in  the  finest 
dreams  of  the  greatest  poets, — such  things  are  before  thee; 
such  things  shall  be  revealed  unto  all  who  believe.  For  I  am 
the  Lord  who  loveth  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God.  I  call  upon 
the  people  of  every  race  in  every  land  under  the  Sun,  I  am 
thy  Lord  and  God.  I  will  keep  thee  and  help  thee  and  lead 
thee  on  thy  way  upward  to  the  mountain  heights  where-on 
the  light  shines  and  the  glory  of  the  morning  abides.  But  ye 
must  believe!  Ye  must  believe,  O  my  children,  upon  me. 
Leave  thy  idols  and  thy  fears  and  thy  superstitions  and  thy 
snake-like  fortune  tellings.  Believe!  and  I  will  bring  to  thy 
mind,  Light.  Believe!  and  I  will  bring  to  thy  heart,  Joy. 
Believe!  and  I  will  give  to  thy  arm  strength  and  to  thy  body 
health.  For  I  am  the  Lord — thy  Father,  thy  Leader,  thy 


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Friend  and  thy  Comrade.  I  will  forsake  thee  not!  saith  the 
Lord.  Look  not  backward  to  the  Past,  for  the  Present  is 
here.  Ponder  not  over  olden  creeds  for  a  New  Creed  is 
here.  Seek  not  for  thy  salvation  amid  the  bloody  records 
of  the  Past.  For  I  bring  ye  here  and  now  and  today  new 
ideals  and  fresh  hopes  and  higher  rules  of  conduct  than 
were  ever  known  in  the  world. 

For  ye  shall  no  longer  be  beasts  who  fight  but  men  who 
live  and  hope  and  toil  for  the  joys  of  Peace  and  Goodfellow- 
ship  and  Love. 

For  Love  is  the  Law.  And  Love  that  is  real  is  mostly  of 
the  Spirit  that  soars  upward  and  of  the  Heart  that  looks 
outward  even  as  the  stars  in  heaven  look  forth  in  shining 
splendor  upon  the  Earth. 


CHAPTER  9 


In  days  of  old  there  was  War  and  Discord  and  Envy  and 
Jealousy, — one  nation  against  another ;  one  man  against  an¬ 
other;  one  woman  against  another.  Today  there  is  again 
War  and  Discord  and  Envy  and  Jealousy. 

But  Peace  is  on  the  way.  The  sunshine  of  Peace  is  wait¬ 
ing  like  the  sunshine  of  morning  to  come  forth  and  flood  the 
world  with  Joy  and  Concord  and  all  Fruitfulness.  But  first 
there  must  be  unity  of  Spirit  and  Harmony  of  mind  and 
Generosity  of  heart.  There  must  be  Peace  within  before 
there  can  be  Peace  without.  From  the  East  to  the  West; 
from  the  North  to  the  South;  all  men  must  be  brothers  and 
neighbors  and  friends  and  comrades.  For  thus  saith  the 
Law.  Material  prosperity  follows  spiritual  Righteousness. 
Destruction  follows  wherever  Hate  and  Suspicion  and  Envy 
abide. 

Therefore  cleanse  thy  hearts,  O  men  of  the  North  and 
men  of  the  South  and  men  of  the  East  and  men  of  the  West! 
Before  ye  can  prosper,  ye  must  put  away  race  pride  and  in¬ 
dividual  pride  and  be  at  one,  each  with  the  other.  There  is 
no  first  and  no  last  but  all  men  are  the  children  of  one  God 
and  all  shall  have  their  proper  share  of  the  good  things  of 
the  Earth  whenever  their  hearts  and  souls  and  minds  are 
right.  Injustice  may  seem  to  flourish  for  a  time  but  the  end 
of  all  Injustice  is  dire  and  the  humiliations  there-of  are 
grievous.  The  proud  shall  be  humbled.  The  mighty  shall 
be  cast  down.  The  shrewd  and  scheming;  the  tyrannous 
and  cruel  and  greedy  shall  all  come  to  the  deep  pit  of  ruin. 
The  Day  of  Judgment  may  seem  long  but  its  coming  is  sure. 

The  Day  of  Reckoning  may  seem  far  away  but  it  shall 


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descend  like  the  lightning  flash  out  of  the  near  sky.  For 
thus  saith  the  Law. 

Freedom  and  Joy  and  Hope  and  Prosperity  shall  come  to 
all  whose  hearts  are  clean  and  whose  souls  are  pure  and 
whose  minds  love  their  fellowmen. 

The  Law  is  slow  but  the  Law  is  sure. 


CHAPTER  10 

)  I  am  come  to  sweep  away  the  Past !  Old  books  that  hold 
1  ies  and  falsehoods;  old  customs  that  conceal  tyrannies  and 
egradations;  old  habits  that  befit  slaves,  not  freemen, — all 
hese  abominations  shall  go.  Whatsoever  dwarfs  and 
ramps  and  belittles  and  degrades  the  soul  of  man  or  of 
roman  must  go.  I  bring  ye  freedom  of  the  soul  as  well  as 
iberty  of  the  body.  Yet  remember  that  the  Law  must  be 
ibeyed.  Discipline  of  Body  and  discipline  of  Soul  and  disci- 
iline  of  Spirit  can  alone  make  a  true  man  or  a  true  woman. 
Jut  the  days  of  Bugaboos  and  petty  Superstitions  and  a 
housand  Idolatries  must  go.  In  order  that  thou  shouldst 
ightly  honor  thy  leaders  and  thy  wise  men,  thou  must  thy- 
elf  possess  Knowledge.  But  reading  the  daily  newspaper 
tnd  skimming  through  the  latest  magazine  articles  is  not 
he  road  to  real  Knowledge.  The  road  to  Knowledge  is 
•ough.  The  way  to  wisdom  is  never  easy.  Labor  of  brain 
ind  of  body  is  the  only  right  preparation  there-of .  To  win 
freedom  and  to  conserve  Liberty,  thou  must  use  thy  brain. 
There  is  no  easy  way.  If  thou  thinkest  that  by  sitting  ip 
;omfortable  homes  or  in  beautiful  Club-houses,  thou  canst 
teep  the  torch  of  Freedom  burning  or  the  light  of  Liberty 
iright,  thou  art  as  careless  cattle  that  wallow  in  their  own 
folly  or  as  fat  swine  that  bury  their  noses  in  the  trough  at 
;he  pigsty. 

Awake!  arouse  ye!  for  the  moment  thou  sleepest,  that 
moment  the  enemy  is  at  the  gates  and  the  foe  shall  place  his 
feet  upon  thy  neck.  Yet  not  the  enemies  without  but  the 
traitors  within,  thou  art  to  fear.  Awake!  I  say.  For  the 
Lord  has  sent  to  me  a  Vision.  Awake!  and  know  thyself  be¬ 
fore  it  is  too  late. 


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CHAPTER  11 


Be  at  peace  with  thyself !  Listen  to  thy  Heart.  Counsel 
with  thy  soul.  Let  thy  Spirit  calm  thee  and  quiet  thee  and 
it  shall  in  time  lull  all  the  tumults  of  Life  to  sleep.  For  the 
Lord  is  thy  friend  and  comrade  who  loves  thee  still.  Be 
quiet  and  listen  and  the  Future  shall  grow  clear  and  the 
wings  of  thy  Spirit  shall  again  be  free. 


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CHAPTER  12 


Lo!  the  Years  shall  cry  out  to  thee  and  beckon  to  thee 
and  show  thee  the  way.  The  coming  days  shall  answer  all 
thy  questions.  The  Future  shall  fulfill  all  the  prophesies.  I 
uttered  a  warning  to  the  great  rulers  of  Europe,  to  the  Czar 
and  the  Emperor  and  the  King  and  they  heeded  it  not.  Now 
is  Russia  mourning  for  the  things  that  were.  Famine  and 
woe  is  upon  her.  Germany  is  eating  her  heart  away.  For 
her  pride  has  brought  her  to  ruin  and  her  ambition  has 
brought  her  unto  Desolation.  The  people  trusted  unto  their 
rulers  and  the  rulers  obeyed  the  evil  wishes  of  their  own 
hearts  and  the  brazen  ambitions  of  their  own  souls.  Woe  is 
me !  Woe  is  me !  Such  is  the  lamentation  that  is  heard  over 
all  the  fields  of  Europe.  Men  cannot  and  shall  not  live  by 
Hate!  saith  the  Lord.  Who-so  lives  by  the  sword,  by  the 
sword  shall  he  perish.  Even  the  land  of  England  has  not 
learned  her  lesson.  Ancient  wrongs  must  be  expiated  and 
bloody  deeds  must  be  paid  for.  India  and  Egypt  have  bided 
their  time  in  patience  and  the  hour  of  their  deliverance  is  at 
hand. 

Vengeance  is  Mine !  saith  the  Lord  and  I  will  repay.  Be¬ 
ware,  0  Land  of  England,  lest  the  words  ye  preach  and  the 
laws  by  which  ye  live  shall  descend  upon  thy  own  head.  In¬ 
dia  shall  be  free  and  Egypt  shall  be  free.  China  shall  cease 
to  be  spoiled  by  friends  and  enemies  and  the  heavy  hand  of 
the  alien  shall  rest  upon  her  no  more.  For  Justice  is  the 
Law  and  the  Law  will  be  fulfilled.  Unto  the  people  of  the 
East  shall  be  left  the  devising  of  their  own  problems  and  the 
living  of  their  own  lives.  Peace  and  Goodwill  be  with  them ! 
But  the  sword  must  be  left  behind  and  the  armed  ship  must 
no  longer  threaten.  For  the  Lord  ruleth  and  the  Law  of  the 


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Lord  shall  be  fulfilled.  I  tell  thee!  I  warn  thee!  Mend  thy 
ways  before  it  is  too  late,  O  ye  Nations  of  the  West !  Watch 
thy  steps  and  guard  thy  ways  while  there  is  yet  time  or 
Doom  and  Desolation  and  Defeat  shall  come  upon  thee  and 
the  ruin  thou  has  provoked  shall  descend  like  strokes  of 
lightning  on  thy  unprotected  heads.  I  tell  ye!  I  warn  ye! 
Be  just  and  repair  the  wrongs  of  the  Past  before  it  is  too 
late.  For  thus  saith  the  Lord:  Vengeance  is  Mine  and  I 
will  repay. 

O  Lord !  have  pity  upon  them  that  hear  not  and  heed  not 
thy  Law. 


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CHAPTER  13 


Thus  saith  the  Lord :  Examine  thy  Hearts  and  Souls  and 
Minds,  O  my  people.  Look  down  into  thy  deep  consciousness 
and  ask  thyself: — What  have  I  done  that  was  Evil 
and  what  have  I  thought  that  was  Evil?  For  every  evil 
thought  is  the  parent  of  an  evil  deed.  Examine  thyself 
carefully.  Look  into  thy  heart  and  answer  this  question: 
Have  I  never  belittled  the  stranger  who  passed  my  door  or 
the  friend  who  has  eaten  at  my  table?  ..Who  so  thinks  evil 
does  evil.  For  evil  thoughts  are  like  a  flock  of  carrion 
crows  that  fly  over  the  earth,  darkening  the  sun  and  de¬ 
stroying  the  peace  and  quiet  of  the  landscape  by  their 
harsh  cries  and  their  foreboding  bodies.  Where  evil 
thoughts  breed  there  comes  destruction  and  ruin.  Beware 
then,  I  say,  not  only  of  wrong  deeds  but  of  wrong  thoughts 
which  breed  and  hatch  out  evil  doings.  It  has  been  writ¬ 
ten  :  Cease  to  do  Evil  and  learn  to  do  Good.  But  I  say : 
Cease  to  think  Evil  and  the  Good  thou  seekest  shall  stand 
beside  thee. 

It  has  been  written :  Thou  shalt  not  steal.  But  I  say  un¬ 
to  you:  Be  not  greedy  of  Heart  or  of  Soul.  Then  thou  will 
not  desire  to  possess  a  thing  not  thine  own,  much  less  hav¬ 
ing  the  wish  to  steal  it. 

It  has  been  written:  Thou  shalt  not  Kill:  But  I  say, 
Have  reverence  for  all  of  God’s  creations  and  all  living 
things  shall  become  sacred  in  thy  sight. 

It  has  been  written:  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness 
against  thy  neighbor.  But  I  say:  Love  thy  neighbor  as 
thyself.  Then  Truth  shall  abide  with  thee  and  all  Falsehood 
shall  fly  afar  off.  Where  Love  comes,  Truth  comes  and 
where  Truth  comes  all  is  well  between  man  and  man.  For 


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thus  saith  the  Law.  The  Lord  said  unto  Moses :  “An  altar 
of  earth  thou  shalt  make  unto  me.  If  thou  wilt  make  me  an 
altar  of  stone,  thou  shalt  not  build  it  of  hewn  stone.” 

I  repeat  those  words  for  they  are  the  Law.  Thou  shalt 
worship  the  Lord  in  purity  of  heart  and  in  simplicity  of 
Spirit.  Thou  shalt  not  try  to  bring  to  God  great  sacrifices 
or  to  build  gilded  altars  or  to  erect  splendid  churches.  The 
sacrifice  which  God  desires  is  a  clean  Thought.  The  altar 
He  wishes  is  thine  own  soul.  The  church  in  which  thou  art 
to  worship  is  the  open  field  or  the  wooded  grove  in  Summer 
and  the  peace  of  a  happy  home  in  winter.  An  open  fire  in  a 
happy  home  surrounded  by  loving  friends  is  a  temple  fit  for 
the  service  of  the  Lord.  The  Father  and  Mother  should  be 
the  priests  and  ministers  of  God’s  word. 

Peace  on  earth  should  begin  at  home.  Goodwill  to  men 
should  be  first  goodwill  to  all  within  thy  house.  I  bring  ye 
the  Law.  There  can  be  no  religion  without  reverence  for 
the  rights  of  others;  respect  for  the  personality  of  others 
and  love  for  the  divine  spark  that  lies  deep  within  the  souls 
of  all  thy  fellowmen.  Without  worship  there  can  be  no 
peace.  Without  reverence  for  the  Law,  there  can  be  only 
tumult  and  trouble  in  the  world.  And  Love  is  the  Law. 
There  is,  there  has  been  and  there  shall  be  no  other  Law. 


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CHAPTER  14 


Again  I  repeat :  I  am  come  to  sweep  away  the  Past.  The 
:  New  Day  is  here.  Then  greet  it  with  open  smiles  and 
hearts.  Ye  shall  no  longer  be  weighed  down  by  old  rules. 
Thou  shalt  no  longer  be  strangled  by  ancient  ceremonies. 
Thou  shalt  bathe  the  world  in  Love.  Hatred  and  Envy  shall 
flee  before  thee.  Suspicion  and  Pride  and  V anity  shall  slink 
away.  Like  the  sunlight  of  a  clear  day,  Goodwill  and  Good- 
fellowship  and  Comradeship  shall  abide  with  thee.  The  air 
shall  grow  warm  and  balmy.  The  earth  shall  bloom  with 
flowers  and  rejoice  with  the  singing  of  birds.  Strength  shall 
surge  like  a  spring  torrent  through  thy  veins.  Gladness 
shall  overflow  thy  heart  like  a  bountiful  April  rain.  Joy 
shall  lift  up  thy  soul  and  give  wings  unto  thy  Spirit.  Then 
all  shall  be  well  with  thee  forevermore.  Harmony  of  soul 
bringeth  forth  the  music  out  of  Life.  Where  Harmony 
comes,  Strength  abides.  Therefore,  obey  ye  the  Law. 


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CHAPTER  15 


Throned  in  the  heavens  afar,  the  Lord  hears  thy  bicker¬ 
ings  and  wars  and  tumults  and  petty  jealousies,  O  men  and 
women.  But  what  hath  He  to  do  with  them?  Open  thy 
hearts  to  mercy  and  thou  shalt  see  God.  Open  thy  souls  to 
pity  and  thou  shalt  know  God.  Open  thy  Spirits  to  love  and 
the  graces  of  the  Lord  shall  enter  there-in.  Broad  as  the 
horizons  is  the  vision  of  the  Lord.  He  knows  and  hears  and 
sees  and  feels  and  understands.  But  the  Law  must  be 
obeyed  and  the  Law  must  be  followed.  Then  the  Law  will 
be  fulfilled.  And  the  Law  of  Life  is  Love.  It  is  Love  alone 
that  can  build  a  bridge  from  the  Present  to  the  Future; 
from  the  Here  to  the  Here-after.  When  Love’s  faith  is 
strong  enough,  it  will  build  the  bridge  easily  and  go  to  meet 
its  own,  not  with  tears  of  Woe  but  with  smiles  of  Gladness. 

For  Death  is  a  beautiful  thing,  not  a  thing  of  horror. 
Death  is  a  gracious  thing,  not  a  thing  to  fear.  Death  is  a 
loving  thing,  not  a  thing  from  which  to  shrink.  When  the 
laws  of  life  are  known  and  understood,  men  and  women  will 
go  forth  to  meet  Death  as  a  happy  bride  goeth  to  meet  the 
bridegroom ;  as  a  loving  child  goeth  to  meet  and  to  greet  its 
Father  or  its  mother.  Who  seeth  God  shall  see  and  believe 
in  Death  as  in  a  gracious  and  winsome  and  lovely  unseen 
Messenger  who  waits  to  conduct  him  to  fairer  scenes  and  to 
a  happier  home.  For  Death  is  not  the  end  but  the  begin¬ 
ning  of  real  life.  Therefore  who-so  desireth  life  in  abun¬ 
dance,  let  him  prepare  Today  for  the  things  of  Tomorrow. 
Who-so  would  meet  the  Future  with  Gladness  must  sow  the 
Past  with  seeds  of  Joy.  What  thou  sowest,  thou  shalt  reap. 
Therefore  sow  Today  what  thou  desirest  to  reap  Tomorrow. 
Life  will  be  endured  with  Patience  and  pursued  with  Dili- 


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gence  when  it  is  known  and  understood  that  Death  brings 
reward  for  all  striving ;  healing  for  all  suffering ;  soothing 
for  all  pain  and  food  and  drink  for  all  those  whose  Spirits 
hunger  and  thirst.  Go  then  to  meet  Death  gladly.  For  he 
may  prove  to  be  thy  dearest  long-sought  friend.  Behind 
the  curtain  that  looks  dark  and  back  of  the  gloom  that 
seems  forbidding,  Light  and  Joy  and  Gladness  await  thee! 
Be  of  good  cheer !  I  bring  to  thy  heart  comfort  and  to  thy 
soul  tidings  of  great  Joy.  For  though  thou  pass  through 
the  valley  of  the  Shadow,  thou  shalt  not  be  alone  for  the 
Lord  will  be  with  thee  to  guide  and  to  direct  thee.  The  long 
and  hard  journey  is  drawing  to  an  end.  Peace  be  with  thee! 
Comfort  be  around  thee!  Joy  go  with  thee!  for  thus  saith 
the  Lord  who  loves  thee  and  will  forsake  thee  not.  The 
lights  grow  dim  as  the  Night  comes  on.  The  Shadows  deep¬ 
en  and  out  of  the  Dark,  the  Silence  falls.  Peace  be  with 
thee !  But  tomorrow  morning  beyond  the  dusky  curtains  of 
the  Night,  Joy  and  Peace  and  Gladness  and  surcease  of 
Pain — all  these  await  thee.  Then  sleep,  Beloved  one,  sleep 
thou  in  peace.  Angels  guard  thee !  God  loves  thee!  Sleep 
in  peace,  0  tired  Heart,  sleep  thou  in  peace. 


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CHAPTER  16 


The  hearts  of  men  are  corrupted  by  their  desire  for 
praise  and  applause  and  distinction.  They  wish  to  be  ex¬ 
alted  in  the  eyes  of  their  fellowmen.  But  thou,  my  friends, 
must  know  the  truth  and  the  truth  is  this :  To  be  at  one  with 
God  is  the  greatest  distinction  and  the  highest  good  to 
which  any  man  can  attain.  For  this  is  to  possess  Health,  to 
feel  Joy,  to  revel  in  Gladness  and  to  perceive  Reality.  Why 
then  will  ye  run  after  Fictions  when  Facts  are  before  thee? 
The  wise  man  perceiveth  the  thing  that  is  good  at  heart. 
But  the  fool  is  deceived  by  tinsel  wrappings.  Where  the 
heart  is  right  all  is  right.  But  the  heart  of  man  cannot  be 
right  until  it  is  grateful.  Gratitude  for  what  thou  hast  is 
the  beginning  of  wisdom.  Folly  is  the  handmaiden  of  Greed 
and  Greed  shall  lead  thee  to  ruin.  Greed  is  blindness  and 
destruction.  If  thou  desirest  rare  possessions,  wish  first 
for  a  heart  that  is  cleansed  from  Fear  and  that  knows  Joy. 

Who  that  owns  diamonds  and  rubies  and  sapphires  shall 
wish  for  common  pebbles?  A  clean  heart  is  more  to  be  de¬ 
sired  than  precious  jewels, — than  all  the  gold  of  Alaska. 
Gold  can  corrupt  thee  but  a  good  heart  shall  fill  thy  days 
with  Joy  and  thy  nights  with  Peace  and  thy  old  age  with 
Kindness  and  Sympathy.  I  look  in  wonder  at  the  world 
when  I  think  of  how  men  have  misconceived  it  and  mispor- 
trayed  it.  What  saves  earth  from  destruction  are  the 
hearts  of  good  men  and  of  noble  women.  Better  than  writ¬ 
ten  laws  for  the  world’s  guidance  are  the  hearts  that  grow 
better  and  wiser  with  time.  The  laws  of  men  stand  still  but 
the  hearts  of  men  progress  in  wisdom  and  in  grace. 


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CHAPTER  17 


Thou  art  a  creature  of  Free  Will.  Beside  thee  lie  many 
things,  some  real,  some  unreal,  some  good,  some  bad,  some 
wholesome,  some  unwholesome,  some  sound,  some  rotten. 
Thou  art  to  choose.  Thy  choice  lies  with  thyself.  In  choos¬ 
ing,  thou  shalt  learn.  By  selecting,  thou  shalt  come  to 
know.  When  a  wise  man  chooseth  a  bad  thing,  he  spits  it 
out  of  his  mouth.  When  a  Fool  makes  a  blunder,  he  cbngs 
to  his  mistake  saying,  It  is  mine  and  I  can  do  no  wrong. 
Egotism  is  the  allurement  of  fools  and  the  danger  signal  ot 
wise  men.  By  it,  they  are  warned  what  to  avoid.  Men  are 
all  scholars  and  the  world  is  only  a  great  school.  Who-so  is 
modest,  he  shall  acquire  Knowledge  and  gain  wisdom. 
Who-so  abaseth  himself  shall  be  exalted  and  who-so  exalt- 
eth  himself  shall  be  abased.  For  such  is  the  Law.  Patience 
and  Perseverance  shall  lead  thee  unto  the  Light  and  the 

Light  of  Life  is  learning.  „ 

Learning  shall  lead  thee  to  the  Truth  and  the  Truth  shall 

lead  thee  to  Wisdom  and  Wisdom  shall  bring  thee  to  Joy. 
For  Joy  is  the  Keynote  of  whatever  is  real.  Joy  attunes  the 
world  to  clean  thought  and  to  wholesome  actions.  Joy  shall 
keep  thee  sane.  Joy  shall  teach  thee  moderation.  Joy  shall 
protect  thee  from  Passion  and  from  the  excesses  there-ol. 
Joy  shall  lift  thy  mind  and  exalt  thy  soul  and  expand  thy 
heart.  Joy  shall  give  thee  Vision  and  Sympathy  and 
through  these  things  shall  Joy  wrap  thee  round  with  Love. 
For  all  Love  that  is  true  dances  and  sings  and  laughs  and 
carols  its  tripping  way  along  the  flower-embroidered  paths 

When  Joy  comes,  Life  and  all  Life’s  problems  shall  be 
clear.  Joy  is  simple  hearted  as  a  little  child  and  as  wise 

hearted  as  an  old  man. 

Therefore  give  praise  and  honor  unto  Joy. 

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CHAPTER  18 


Where  Hatred  lives,  Death  shall  come.  Where  Envy  and 
Suspicion  flourish,  there  shall  Ruin  and  Destruction  sweep 
like  a  mountain  flood  that  carries  all  before  it.  For  Love  is 
the  Law.  And  Love  means  Unity  and  Goodwill  and  Good- 
fellowship  and  Sympathy  and  Charity. 

All  men  are  thy  brothers.  All  mankind  are  the  children 
of  one  Father.  There  is  no  first  and  no  last.  But  all  men 
are  to  have  equal  opportunities  to  grow  and  to  develop  and 
to  live  their  own  lives.  I  tell  thee!  I  warn  thee! 

There  shall  be  only  one  Religion — the  Religion  of  the 
Brotherhood  of  Man.  Petty  prejudices  and  little  theolog¬ 
ical  rules  and  narrow  interpretations  of  scripture  must 
cease.  I  bring  ye  a  Vision  as  large  as  the  Heavens  and  as 
wide  as  all  the  world.  Success  and  Prosperity  shall  lie  in 
thy  minds  when  thy  minds  and  souls  expand  so  that  thou 
canst  know  what  real  success  and  true  prosperity  mean. 
The  only  way  for  a  Race  to  be  great  or  a  Man  to  be  great 
is  to  have  a  great  soul.  When  a  race  or  a  man  attains  unto 
true  greatness,  they  desire  all  other  men  and  all  other  races 
to  possess  what  they  possess.  But  there  is  no  greatness 
without  generosity.  To  be  generous  is  merely  the  proof 
that  thou  hast  attained  unto  the  vision  of  the  realities  of 
life. 


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CHAPTER  19 


It  has  been  written  and  I  repeat  it  here.  The  last  shall  be 
the  first  and  the  first  shall  be  last.  The  great  countries  of 
the  future  shall  be  Canada  and  Siberia  and  Alaska  and  Aus¬ 
tralia  and  Brazil  and  the  Argentine  Republic.  Europe  has 
gone  the  way  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah;  of  Babylon  and  As¬ 
syria;  of  Persia  and  Egypt  and  Palestine.  For  Hatred  and 
Strife  and  Envy  and  Jealousy  are  the  things  that  serve  as 
paving  stones  to  the  broad  highway  of  Death  and  Destruc¬ 
tion.  Europe  is  dead !  Ye  may  weep  and  lift  up  thy  voices 
in  lamentation.  Ye  may  cast  lilies  and  roses  and  violets 
above  her  grave.  Europe  is  dead !  For  her  soul  is  gone  and 
her  heart  is  shrivelled. 

Fear  and  Sorrow  have  killed  her.  Europe  is  dead !  Her 
funeral  procession  may  be  deferred  until  her  corpse  is  rot¬ 
ten  and  until  the  corruption  and  stench  there-of  vitiates  the 
air  and  pollutes  the  earth.  But  know  that  Europe  is  dead 
and  gone.  Only  the  ghost  of  her  dead  Past  still  stalks  amid 
the  hopeless  ruins  of  her  living  Present.  Not  in  an  hour  or 
in  a  day  or  in  a  year  shall  nations  die.  But  though  the 
death  pangs  be  prolonged,  the  pangs  of  Death  are  sure. 
Woe  unto  Races  and  Nations  that  by  their  hatreds  and  fears 
are  no  more;  Out  of  the  charnal-houses  of  the  Past,  all  ye 
who  would  live  must  escape  while  there  is  yet  time.  For  a 
dead  tomb  is  no  place  for  a  living  body  or  for  an  aspiring 
mind. 

Come  ye  forth  from  the  chambers  of  Death  while  there 
is  still  a  chance.  Go  forth  into  the  air  where  the  sun  shines 
and  the  breezes  blow  and  where  fountains  of  living  waters 
bubble. 


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Come  from  the  charnal-house  of  the  Past,  all  ye  who 
would  live.  I  call  to  thee!  I  warn  thee!  I  beseech  thee! 
There  can  be  no  compromise  with  the  dead  Past.  Bury  it 
with  tears  and  with  lamentations  and  with  songs  if  ye  will. 
But  bury  the  Past  deep.  For  the  living  Present  awaits  thee. 
Today  is  thy  hour  of  action.  Tomorrow  is  thy  day  of  Vision. 
Therefore  awake  and  arise  and  do  thy  task,  for  the  night 
cometh.  Work  while  the  sun  shines  and  the  breezes  blow 
and  the  flowers  bloom.  Unto  each  comes  his  hour  of  for¬ 
tune.  Thy  hour  is  here.  Then  take  it !  Thy  chance  is  near. 
Then  grasp  it !  Thy  fortune  beckons  to  thee.  Then  go  forth 
to  meet  it.  When  the  Future  speaketh  to  thee,  go  forth  like 
a  strong  man  that  knows  not  fear.  For  Strength  cometh  to 
and  abideth  with  whomsoever  dares  to  act  and  to  live  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  Law. 


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CHAPTER  20 


Out  of  churches  and  synagogues  and  associations  I  bid 
ye  come  forth,  all  ye  that  love  the  Lord.  For  the  shadows  of 
the  churches  cramp  the  souls  and  the  materialisms  of  the 
organizations  chill  the  hearts  and  dwarf  the  imaginations 
and  drag  down  the  exalting  and  soaring  spirits  of  men.  I 
know !  I  feel !  I  hear !  When  ye  lifted  thy  prayers  in  agony 
of  spirit  to  God,  I  promised  to  bring  ye  Freedom.  But  thou 
must  have  the  courage  to  do  thy  work.  Come  unto  me,  all 
ye  that  are  heavy-laden  and  I  will  give  ye  rest.  What  I 
speak  unto  you,  I  have  the  right  to  speak.  What  I  promise 
to  thee,  I  shall  fulfill.  Therefore  come  unto  me,  all  ye  that 
love  the  Lord.  I  will  open  thine  eyes,  I  will  uplift  thy 
hearts,  I  will  expand  thy  souls.  Only  ye  must  believe!  Ye 
must  believe  upon  me.  Without  Faith,  deeds  are  dead  and 
there  is  no  life  in  the  heart  or  soul  or  mind  of  man. 

Therefore  ye  must  believe. 


CHAPTER  21 


Hell  begins  the  minute  you  do  a  wrong.  There  is  no  hell 
here-after.  Hell  is  here  and  now, — to  everyone  who  sins. 
Today  is  part  of  Eternity.  What  you  miss  or  mis-do  today, 
you  must  make  up  Tomorrow.  Whatever  lessons  of  Life 
you  avoid  learning  or  refuse  to  learn  here,  you  must  learn 
here-after.  There  is  no  escape.  The  greatest  lessons  of 
Life  come  through  suffering.  Therefore  they  who  suffer 
most  Here  will  be  nearest  to  the  high  goal  in  the  Here-after. 
God  is  merciful  and  just.  Only  man  is  cruel  and  unjust  and 
merciless  both  to  his  fellows  and  to  himself.  Underneath 
the  countenance  of  every  Wrong-doer  lies  a  seething  fur¬ 
nace  of  Discontent  and  Care  and  Worry  and  Fear.  That 
is  Hell.  You  carry  Hell  with  you  every  day,  every  hour  and 
every  minute  so  long  as  you  continue  to  do  wrong.  Thy 
only  escape  is  through  the  repentance  of  right  deeds.  Good¬ 
ness  means  Justice  and  Right  Living  and  Fair  Dealing.  Thy 
Conscience  will  awake  and  torture  thee  the  moment  thou 
doest  wrong.  To  undo  a  wrong,  seek  forgiveness  of  the 
man  whom  thou  hast  injured  and  of  thy  God.  Remember 
what  I  say:  Hell  begins  the  minute  thou  doest  a  wrong. 
Not  Here-after  and  not  Tomorrow  but  Here  and  Now  lies 
the  path  of  Life  and  the  way  of  Righteousness  or  Unright¬ 
eousness.  God  sees  thee.  Thy  Conscience  knows  thee.  Both 
of  them  shall  warn  thee  and  pity  thee  until  thou  undoest  thy 
wrong  deeds  by  doing  deeds  that  are  right. 

Be  warned  in  time!  If  thou  wouldst  know  Joy  and  feel 
Contentment  and  exult  in  the  love  of  Life,  then  see  that  thou 
doest  right.  Or  if  thou  hast  done  wrong,  repent  at  thy  ear¬ 
liest  opportunity.  There  is  no  statute  of  limitations  that 
will  wipe  out  a  wrong.  Not  until  a  wrong  is  expiated  and  a 


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wrong  deed  be  righted  both  by  payment  and  by  prayer  shall 
thy  Conscience  be  clear  and  at  peace.  I  tell  thee!  I  warn 
thee !  The  Law  may  be  slow  but  the  Law  is  sure.  The  Law 
is  just  and  the  Law  will  be  fulfilled.  Be  not  therefore  so 
foolish  as  to  think  thou  canst  escape  either  the  eyes  of  God 
or  the  judgment  of  thy  own  Conscience.  The  wise  man 
seeks  to  know  and  to  live  by  the  Law.  But  the  Fool  thinks 
he  can  make  and  live  by  his  own  laws.  But  the  Egoist  and 
Smart-Aleck  shall  both  destroy  themselves.  Folly  is  the 
child  of  Ignorance.  But  Ignorance  shall  die  where-so-ever 
the  light  of  Knowledge  shines.  For  thus  saith  the  Law. 


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CHAPTER  22 


When  the  Truth  cometh,  thou  must  open  thine  ears  to 
hear.  When  the  Lord  cometh,  thou  must  open  thine  eyes  to 
see.  To  the  blind,  what  is  Light?  To  the  deaf,  what  is  the 
sound  of  Music?  The  blind  man  crieth:  All  is  darkness 
around  me.  I  see  nothing.  The  deaf  man  crieth:  All 
around  me  is  Silence.  I  hear  nothing.  Yet  the  Light  shin- 
eth  on  the  blind  man.  Music  playeth  to  the  deaf  man.  But 
the  blind  man  seeth  nothing  and  the  deaf  man  heareth 
nothing. 

Even  so  when  the  word  of  the  Lord  is  revealed  to  thee 
if  thy  pride  of  learning  blindeth  thine  eyes,  thou  shalt  not 
see  it.  If  Prejudice  or  Envy  or  Vanity  or  Dullness  of  soul 
shuts  the  ears  of  thy  Understanding,  thou  shalt  not  hear  it. 
Therefore  open  thine  eyes  that  ye  may  see.  Open  thy  souls 
that  ye  may  hear.  I  come  to  bring  ye  the  Truth  and  the 
Truth  shall  make  ye  free, — free  from  intellectual  pride; 
free  from  religious  prejudice;  free  from  moral  envy.  This 
is  the  freedom  that  all  men  need.  Until  ye  have  such  free¬ 
dom  as  this,  know  that  ye  are  still  mental  slaves.  Without 
freedom  of  soul,  ye  shall  still  wallow  in  the  blindness  of 
spiritual  Ignorance  and  ye  shall  still  grope  amid  the  deep 
and  lonely  Silences  of  spiritual  Deafness.  Therefore  open 
the  eyes  of  thy  minds  and  the  ears  of  thy  souls  that  ye  may 
see  and  know  the  Truth. 

How  shall  I  know  what  is  true?  I  hear  you  cry.  This  is 
my  answer :  By  the  sincerity  of  thine  own  heart  shall  thou 
know  what  is  sincere.  By  the  truth  of  thy  own  soul  shall 
thou  know  what  is  true.  But  if  thy  heart  is  conventional 
and  filled  with  ancient  falsehoods  and  conventions  and  de¬ 
lusions,  then  shall  thou  continue  to  live  amid  delusions  and 


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falsehoods  and  conventions — But  when  thy  Heart  and  Soul 
and  Mind  are  true  and  open  to  the  light,  then  thou  will  go 
straight  to  the  Truth.  Thou  canst  not  be  deceived.  Even 
as  a  flower  growing  up  into  the  sunshine  feels  that  light 
and  warmth  are  there,  so  the  desire  for  Truth  shall  bring 
thee  to  the  warmth  and  light  of  Life  which  is  Love.  And 
Love  shall  bring  to  thee  all  glad  things — Joy  and  Merriment 
and  Laughter  and  Song  and  Goodfellowship. 

Mistake  not  love,  I  pray  thee.  Physical  emotion  is  not 
love.  Keep  thy  mind  open,  if  thou  wouldst  find  the  Truth. 
All  prejudice  shuts  the  Truth  out  of  the  mind.  Ancient 
creeds  and  teachings  absorbed  without  thinking  and  accept¬ 
ed  upon  authority, — all  these  blind  the  eyes  of  the  Soul  to 
Truth. 

Theology  which  believes  in  rules  and  creeds  and  ordi¬ 
nances  and  regulations  which  are  mostly  negative  tends  to 
kill  Religion  which  is  always  positive,  Religion  is  an  open 
and  free  and  firm  faith  in  the  Living  God.  Theology  is 
spiritual  Death.  Religion  is  spiritual  Life.  Theology  tends 
to  make  an  Idol  of  a  Book  or  of  a  Creed.  Religion  sees  God 
in  everything.  Theology  tends  to  be  narrow  and  dogmatic 
and  unbending  and  hard  and  stern  and  unyielding.  Reli¬ 
gion  is  as  broad  as  the  Universe  and  as  full  of  pity  as  the 
Sunshine.  For  Religion  is  the  belief  in  a  Living  God  and 
he  who  believes  in  God  has  no  place  in  his  heart  for  a  nar- 
now  creed  or  for  rigid  rules  or  for  dogmatic  regulationsJ 
For  God  is  all  greatness  and  all  kindness  and  all  pity  and 
all  tenderness  and  all  loving  mercy  without  limit  and  with¬ 
out  end. 


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CHAPTER  23. 


It  has  been  written:  “Vengeance  is  Mine!  saith  the 
Lord.”  And  the  Vengeance  will  be  the  opening  of  thine 
eyes  to  see  and  to  understand  the  meaning  of  thy  own  sins 
and  the  burden  of  thy  own  mistakes. 

The  day  of  the  paid  priest  and  the  upholstered  church 
and  the  tithe-collecting  ministry  is  over.  No  more  shall 
the  people  be  kept  terror  stricken  and  borne  down  by  fear 
through  thundrous  creeds.  For  the  olden  days  of  priest¬ 
craft  shall  go  the  way  that  king-craft  has  gone — into  the 
ash-heaps  of  Oblivion.  But  the  days  of  real  leadership  and 
of  reverence  for  Truth  and  Love  of  Goodness  and  adoration 
of  Virtue  and  Self-Sacrifice  and  of  Heroism — these  days 
are  only  about  to  come.  When  false  greatness  goes,  real 
Greatness  comes.  When  false  Religion  goes,  real  Religion 
comes.  When  narrow  thoughts  and  petty  prejudices  and 
childish  envies  and  enmities  go,  then  breadth  of  mind  and 
generosity  of  soul  and  largeness  of  heart  and  beauty  of 
character  shall  blossom  and  flourish  over  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  whole  world.  I  am  come  to  bring  you  free¬ 
dom  of  heart  and  vision  of  mind  and  largeness  of  soul.  The 
New  Day  dawneth !  The  Light  of  a  new  hour  cometh.  The 
hope  of  a  new  and  better  Earth  is  on  the  way.  All  good 
things  shall  come  to  all  who  believe.  When  theologies  die 
and  church  creeds  perish,  then  shall  come  a  greater  Day 
when  people  shall  gather  out  of  doors  under  the  wide 
heavens  and  sing  their  hymns  of  praise  to  the  Lord  their 
God. 

There  is  only  one  God  and  all  the  people  of  all  the  Earth 
are  His  children.  I  see  this  vision  of  the  days  to  come  and  I 
know  that  my  Vision  will  come  true.  For  the  human  heart 


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feeleth  and  the  human  soul  perceiveth  the  Truth  long  be¬ 
fore  the  mortal  eye  can  see  it. 

Such  is  the  power  of  Faith. 

Out  of  the  Darkness,  Faith  brings  Light.  Out  of  Discord, 
Faith  brings  Harmony.  Out  of  Chaos,  Faith  brings  Unity. 
Out  of  War,  Faith  brings  Peace. 

For  such  is  the  Law  and  the  Law  will  be  fulfilled.  Unto 
my  heart  come  visions  of  great  Joy  and  Prosperity  and 
Peace.  When  my  earthly  career  is  over,  still  shall  the  vis¬ 
ions  be  realized.  Still  shall  my  fellowmen  rejoice.  Thus 
saith  the  Law  and  the  Law  of  Life  is  Love. 


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CHAPTER  24 


I  bring  to  ye  the  Law.  The  real  wealth  of  Nations  con¬ 
sists  of  men  and  women  with  active  brains  and  strong 
bodies  and  trained  hands.  Not  Wealth  but  Health  should 
be  most  carefully  and  zealously  cared  for.  When  ye  talk 
to  me  about  the  power  of  money,  I  answer  this:  Ye  know 
not  the  Law.  Sweep  all  the  money  on  Earth  into  the  ocean 
Today  and  Tomorrow  the  strong  and  alert  and  active  men 
and  women  of  the  world  shall  begin  to  create  new  wealth. 
Only  the  clippers  of  coupons  and  those  who  live  on  the  in¬ 
terest  of  their  money  will  sit  upon  the  sands  of  Time  wail¬ 
ing  and  making  a  loud  lamentation.  The  creation  of  wealth 
proceeds  as  fast  and  no  faster  than  in  the  minds  of  men 
and  women  springs  up  New  Hope  and  High  Desire  and 
wide  Vision.  Therefore  be  careful  of  the  health  of  the 
workers  of  the  world.  Increase  the  health  of  men  and  ye 
increase  the  wealth  of  men.  But  the  first  care  must  be  giv¬ 
en  to  the  Heart  and  Soul  and  Mind.  Raise  the  hopes  of 
men  and  ye  increase  the  industrial  productivity  of  men. 
When  you  destroy  or  limit  human  hope,  you  destroy  or 
limit  human  wealth.  Where  ever  ye  render  Injustice,  you 
destroy  or  paralize  human  effort.  Where-ever  ye  exhaust 
or  maim  men,  ye  exhaust  or  maim  Wealth.  When  ye  ex¬ 
pect  working  men  or  women  to  live  under  cramped  or  un¬ 
wholesome  or  ugly  conditions,  ye  are  sowing  the  seed  of 
industrial  waste  and  destruction.  Beauty  is  a  necessity  of 

Life  and  to  be  deprived  of  beauty  is  cruelty  and  a  dwarfing 
of  mind  and  power.  Ruin  shall  follow  all  cruelty.  Paraly¬ 
sis  shall  follow  all  overwork  and  over  toil  on  the  part  of 
those  who  create  wealth.  The  first  and  foremost  business 
of  the  manager  of  a  Factory  or  a  Department  Store  is  to 


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see  that  all  employees  are  in  fit  condition  to  work  with  joy¬ 
ous  hearts  and  with  singing  souls.  No  work  is  really  well 
done  until  it  be  done  with  gladness.  No  effort  is  thy  best 
effort  until  Joy  goes  with  it.  No  condition  of  labor  is  a  fit 
condition  until  Health  and  Joy  and  Gladness  and  Fresh  Air 
and  Sunshine  are  a  part  of  it.  The  world  will  never  be  as 
rich  as  it  should  be  and  life  will  never  be  as  great  as  it 
might  be  until  every  man  and  woman  and  child  in  the  world 
are  trained  up  to  their  highest  condition  of  health  and 
strength  both  physical  and  mental  and  moral.  For  the 
maximum  of  human  strength  means  the  maximum  of  men¬ 
tal  and  physical  and  moral  strength.  They  all  go  together. 
They  cannot  be  separated  except  each  suffers  a  loss.  I  am 
my  Brother’s  Keeper!  Remember  that  such  is  the  Law. 
For  thy  own  sake  and  for  thy  own  prosperity,  success  and 
safety  thou  must  learn  to  obey  the  Law.  For  nothing  lives 
to  itself  alone  but  all  things  live  to  the  glory  of  God  and 
that  of  the  great  world  which  He  has  created.  Therefore 
be  wise  in  thy  day  and  generation  that  thou  mayest  attain 
vision.  For  Vision  shall  bring  thee  to  a  knowledge  of  the 
Law  and  a  knowledge  of  the  Law  shall  open  thine  eyes  to 
see  and  thy  heart  to  understand.  The  Greedy  man  is  the 
blind  and  foolish  man  who  feels  the  penny  in  his  hand  but 
does  not  see  the  dollars  above  and  around  him.  To  know 
that  Good  will  and  Sympathy  and  Kindness  are  the  basis 
of  all  real  life  is  the  beginning  of  Wisdom.  A  little  wisdom 
often  leadeth  to  much  success  even  as  a  little  acorn  often! 
grows  into  a  sturdy  tree. 

Be  thy  seeds  well  sown  and  thy  crops  shall  be  well 
grown! 

For  such  is  the  Law. 


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CHAPTER  25. 


From  the  ends  of  the  Earth  will  I  gather  ye  in!  saith 
the  Lord  God.  To  the  land  of  the  free  will  I  transport  thee 
and  to  the  open  spaces  of  the  west  will  I  transplant  thee. 
Under  the  blue  skies  and  amid  the  wide  prairies  shall  thou 
make  thy  homes.  Here  shall  thou  worship  and  plant  and 
sow  and  reap.  Thy  children  shall  grow  strong  and  alert 
as  in  the  days  of  old.  Thy  mothers  shall  be  large  and  fruit- 
full  as  in  the  ancient  times.  Friendliness  and  Goodwill 
shall  be  spread  around  thee  and  the  smiles  of  helpful  neigh¬ 
bors  shall  greet  thee.  Where  thou  goest  Prosperity  shall 
go  with  thee.  Where  thou  abidest,  Success  shall  come  unto 
thee.  Remember  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  who  lovest  and 
carest  for  His  own.  Night  shall  fill  the  heavens  with  stars 
for  thy  adoration.  Day  shall  fill  the  land  with  sunshine  for 
thy  comfort.  The  rain  shall  descend  and  the  southwind 
shall  blow  and  both  shall  be  messengers  to  thee  of  Joy.  Let 
thy  hearts  sing  and  thy  souls  rejoice.  The  Lord  liveth.  Let 
thy  minds  be  glad  and  thine  eyes  look  aloft.  For  the  Lord 
reigneth.  Strong  shall  be  thy  muscles  and  sturdy  shall  be 
the  hearts  and  pleasant  shall  be  the  manners  of  all  who  are 
grateful  to  the  Lord. 

Therefore  sing  songs  and  hymns  and  praises  of  thanks¬ 
giving.  Beyond  the  Darkness  lies  the  Light.  Patience  be 
unto  thee!  The  music  of  the  falling  rain  shall  bring  glad¬ 
ness  to  thy  hearts  and  fertility  to  thy  fields.  Praise  ye  the 
Lord! 


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CHAPTER  26. 


Thus  saith  the  Lord :  The  days  of  old  are  gone.  Bury 
them  deep.  The  hatreds  of  old  are  gone.  Bury  them  deep. 
The  Jealousies  and  Suspicions  and  Envies  of  ancient  days 
are  gone.  Bury  them  deep.  Then  arise  and  sing  aloud  to 
all  the  Earth:  Freedom  is  here!  Joy  is  here!  Gladness  is 
with  us  and  Friendship.  We  are  freemen  at  last.  Glory 
be  to  the  Lord !  Our  souls  and  hearts  and  minds  are  free. 
From  the  mountains  to  the  valleys ;  from  the  valleys  to  the 
seas;  from  the  seas  unto  the  islands  come  the  New  Tidings 
filled  with  joy  for  all  the  Sons  of  Men.  Peace  shall  some 
when  Hatreds  go !  Peace  shall  come  when  Envy  dies !  One 
land,  one  Brotherhood  of  Men,  one  God!  One  universal 
song  of  praise  that  spreadeth  over  all  the  Earth  like  sun¬ 
light  and  moonlight  and  starlight.  Praise  and  Glory  to 
God!  Peace  to  all  the  Earth  and  to  all  Mankind  thereon. 
We  are  one  People!  There  is  no  first  and  no  last.  All  are 
children  of  one  God!  Love  and  Goodwill  shall  bind  us  all 
together  forevermore.  If  thy  brother  moveth  slowly,  be 
patient  with  him.  If  thy  neighbor  thinketh  slowly,  be  pa¬ 
tient  with  him.  Charity  shall  guide  thy  tongue  and  soothe 
thy  speech  and  give  grace  and  gentleness  to  thy  conduct. 
Therefore  be  patient  and  be  charitable  to  all  men  at  all 
times  everywhere.  Thus  shall  Peace  abide  beside  thy  door 
and  fruitfulness  descend  upon  thy  gardens  and  thy  fields ; 
upon  thy  cities  and  all  that  dwell  therein.  No  more  shalt 
thou  study  thy  own  virtues  and  the  virtues  of  thy  own  race. 
Thou  shalt  study  the  virtues  of  thy  neighbors  and  the  vir¬ 
tues  of  other  races.  No  longer  shall  school  books  contain! 
maps  of  thy  own  country  printed  large  and  the  maps  of 
other  countries  printed  small.  Thus  are  Egotists  made  and 


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manufactured  and  turned  out  by  millions  to  ravish  and  de¬ 
vastate  and  exploit  the  world.  All  maps  must  be  made  to 
the  same  scale  so  that  thou  see  truly  thy  own  relation  to  the 
world.  When  a  man  of  any  race  perceives  how  vast  the 
Universe  is  and  how  small  a  part  of  the  world  his  own 
country  is,  he  will  learn  to  know  the  Truth  and  the  Truth 
shall  make  him  humble.  If  thou  wouldst  conquer  the  world 
conquer  it  with  a  School-book.  If  thou  wouldst  gain  true 
power  and  real  glory,  spread  the  light  of  wisdom  and  of 
knowledge  and  they  shall  return  to  thee  after  many  days. 
The  only  real  conquest  is  to  conquer  the  hearts  and  souls 
and  minds  of  men  by  courtesy  and  generosity  and  gentle¬ 
ness  and  goodwill.  Then  shall  thy  power  be  real  and  thy 
conquests  be  permanent.  But  thou  must  be  just  and  fair 
and  courteous  and  kind.  A  smile  is  more  potent  than  a 
sword.  A  warm  handclasp  is  stronger  to  win  friendship) 
than  a  cannon.  One  deed  of  kindness  is  of  more  influence 
than  a  hundred  rifles.  Sunlight  is  the  same  and  moonlight 
is  the  same  and  starlight  is  the  same  over  all  the  circles  of 
the  Earth. 

Even  so,  Joy  and  Gladness  and  Goodwill  and  Friendship 
are  the  same  with  all  men  everywhere.  Glad  eyes  always 
speak  the  same  language.  A  heart  full  of  Goodwill  speak- 
eth  ever  with  the  same  tongue. 

Generosity  is  always  understood  and  kindness  though 
it  travel  ever  so  far  shall  never  have  need  of  an  interpreter. 

For  thus  saith  the  Lord. 


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CHAPTER  27. 


I  sat  in  the  Public  Library  reading  a  book  about  the  an¬ 
cient  historical  cities  of  Palestine  and  the  tombs  of  the 
Jews.  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  me  and  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  said  unto  me:  The  Past  is  dead!  Bury 
it.  But  Today  is  here  and  Tomorrow  is  coming.  Look  not 
unto  the  Past.  Live  unto  the  Present  and  for  the  sake  of 
the  Future — Go  out  into  the  sunshine  and  walk  up  the  hill 
to  thy  home  and  I  will  give  thee  things  to  write,  more  im¬ 
portant  than  those  contained  in  any  book  about  the  ancient 
times.  So  I  gave  back  the  book  about  Palestine  to  the  girl 
at  the  desk  in  the  Library  and  I  went  out  into  the  sunshine 
and  I  walked  up  the  hill  through  the  crisp  air  of  a  buoyant 
winter  day.  As  soon  as  I  came  to  my  room  I  sat  down  and 
wrote  what  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  gave  me  to  write.  Only 
so  much  and  no  more.  When  I  had  ceased  writing  the  fol¬ 
lowing  words :  Generosity  is  always  understood  and  Kind¬ 
ness,  though  it  travel  ever  so  far  shall  never  have  need  of 
an  interpreter,  For  thus  saith  the  Lord !  I  put  away  my 
paper  and  pencil  and  started  to  read  the  biography  of  a 
great  scientist,  Sir  Isaac  Newton.  But  I  had  scarcely  start¬ 
ed  to  read,  when  again  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  me 
and  said :  Put  down  thy  book.  I  have  more  important 
work  for  thee  to  do.  So  I  put  down  my  book  and  took  up 
my  pencil  and  paper  and  I  said  unto  the  Lord :  What  will 
ye  have  me  say?  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me:  The  eyes 
of  the  people  are  blinded.  They  must  be  opened.  The  pre¬ 
judices  of  the  people  bind  and  hold  them  fast  like  steel  man¬ 
acles.  They  must  be  rent  asunder.  The  Greed  of  the  peo¬ 
ple  is  smothering  their  souls.  Greed  must  be  quenched. 
Greed  is  like  a  ravenous  lion  and  a  devouring  flame.  Peo- 


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pie  must  believe!  I  will  make  the  hearts  and  minds  of  peo¬ 
ple  to  see  the  Truth  and  to  have  belief.  Ye  shall  prophesy 
and  men  shall  believe.  Ye  shall  speak  and  the  Nations  shall 
hear.  Ye  shall  utter  my  words  and  the  souls  of  men  shall 
rejoice.  For  I  am  the  Lord.  Men  wander  in  the  darkness 
of  their  own  unlit  ways.  They  see  not,  they  believe  not, 
they  trust  not.  Wrapped  round  with  dead  Ideas  and  an¬ 
tique  Creeds,  they  forget  that  I  live  and  that  Faith  consists 
not  so  much  in  the  belief  of  what  I  have  done  as  in  what  I 
can  do  Today  and  will  do  Tomorrow.  Greater  than  the 
Past  shall  be  the  Future.  Mightier  than  Moses  will  be  the 
Messiah  I  send.  Greater  miracles  than  I  wrought  five 
thousand  years  ago  are  the  miracles  I  will  reveal  to  men; 
when  their  minds  are  open  and  their  hearts  are  ready  to 
receive.  But  a  locked  door  is  not  so  tight  shut  as  a  closed 
mind.  A  stone  wall  can  be  broken  down  by  the  head  of  an 
ordinary  man  more  easily  than  a  rooted  prejudice  can  be 
removed  from  a  narrow  mind.  When  I  send  thee  Starlight, 
listen  to  me!  When  I  send  thee  Moonlight,  listen  to  me! 
When  I  send  ye  Storms  and  Tumults,  fear  not.  For  the 
Wisdom  which  thy  mind  needeth  and  the  Comfort  which 
thy  soul  seeketh  and  the  Joy  which  thy  heart  is  longing  for, 
— these  are  the  things  ye  shall  receive.  Remember  that  I 
am  thy  God  who  loveth  thee. 


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CHAPTER  28. 


Read  with  your  eyes,  not  with  your  prejudices.  When 
reverence  for  the  dead  Past  shuts  thy  heart  and  soul  and 
mind  from  the  truth  of  the  living  Present,  then  thy  rever¬ 
ence  is  an  evil  thing.  Goodness  is  moderation  and  reason 
and  vision  and  common  sense.  If  thou  concentrate  thy  mind 
on  one  Creed  or  on  one  Thought  or  on  one  series  of  Ideas; 
out  of  all  the  vast  realm  of  Thoughts  and  Creeds  and  Ideas, 
then  thy  concentration  shall  limit  thy  vision  and  narrow 
thy  understanding  and  dwarf  thy  soul.  Open  thy  mind ! 
Open  thy  heart !  Free  thy  soul !  For  the  Lord  lives.  Look 
around  thee  and  above  thee.  Take  in  the  far  horizons  that 
beckon  to  thee.  Narrow  not  thy  heart!  Cramp  not  thy 
vision !  Make  not  an  Idol  of  the  Past.  The  Present  is  here 
and  the  Future  is  on  the  way.  Arise !  Awake !  Be  of  open 
mind  and  sympathetic  heart  and  receptive  soul!  Saith  the 
Lord.  What  shall  I  do  with  those  who  insist  on  sitting  be¬ 
side  a  dead  corpse  and  will  not  bury  it?  The  Past  is  a  dead 
corpse.  Then  bury  it.  It  was  alive  but  it  is  dead.  It  was 
vibrant  with  energy  and  alert  with  activity  and  beautiful 
with  the  glow  of  youth.  But  its  day  is  over  and  its  deeds 
are  done.  Bury  it  gently.  Bury  it  carefully  and  reverent¬ 
ly.  But  bury  it  deep.  For  all  is  well  with  the  dead  and  the 
Past  is  dead.  Go  forth  unto  the  living  Present  and  the 
glowing  Future.  Learn  from  the  Past  how  to  act  unto  the 
Present  and  how  to  aspire  unto  the  Future.  But  let  not  the 
virility  of  the  Present  nor  the  glowing  aspirations  of  the 
Future  be  clouded  or  hindered  or  made  fearful  by  the  ghosts 
or  customs  or  rules  or  regulations  of  a  Past  that  is  dead. 


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CHAPTER  29. 


Be  patient  with  those  who  err  unknowingly  and  with 
all  who  are  sincere  although  mistaken.  Hark  ye,  0  young 
Man  and  young  Woman.  The  Past  is  dead.  But  over  its 
grave  the  Elders  still  must  shed  their  tears  and  greyhaired 
men  and  women  must  still  sigh  for  what  was  once  near  and 
dear  to  them.  Be  respectful  ;  be  tender;  be  considerate- 
with  the  old.  For  thou  shalt  in  time  be  old  also.  Thou  too 
in  days  to  come  will  wish  to  cling  to  old  customs  and  an¬ 
cient  ceremonies  and  early  habits  that  have  no  meaning 
for  the  young.  As  ye  would  be  done  by  in  days  to  come,  do 
ye  even  so  in  the  days  that  are  here.  By  the  grave  of  the 
Past,  thou  who  art  aglow  with  the  strength  of  the  Present 
and  radiant  with  the  promise  of  the  Future  toward  which 
thy  face  is  turned,  thou  canst  afford  to  be  silent  and  gra¬ 
cious  and  courteous.  The  Past  has  left  thee  a  heritage 
from  which  thou  canst  learn.  The  Past  has  bequeathed  to 
thee  valuable  things  where-by  Life  may  be  made  greater 
and  stronger  and  better  and  higher  and  purer.  Out  of  the 
grave  of  the  Past  accept  what  thou  canst  use  and  be  grate¬ 
ful  therefor.  Forget  not  to  be  grateful,  I  pray  thee.  The 
ingrate  shall  live  in  folly  and  advance  unto  destruction. 
Whatsoever  is  good,  hold  the  same  in  honor.  Whatsoever 
is  useful,  hold  the  same  in  respect.  Whatsoever  is  health¬ 
ful  and  beautiful  and  joyful  and  serene,  give  gratitude  for 
the  same.  Life  shall  furnish  thee  with  noise  and  activity 
and  tumult  in  plenty.  Therefor  be  glad  for  the  serenity  of 
....Age  and  the  soberness  of  Wisdom  and  for  the  counsels  of 
Experience.  For  in  good  time  thou  shalt  find  that  Quiet¬ 
ness  means  reserve  power ;  Serenity  means  wisdom  attain¬ 
ed  ;  Good  Counsels  mean  the  conservation  of  thine  energy. 


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On  the  road  of  Life,  step  softly;  go  quietly;  tread  meekly; 
and  the  long  way  will  grow  shorter  and  the  hard  road  will 
grow  smoother  and  the  rough  path  will  become  easier. 
Therefore  heed  the  signs  beside  the  way  of  Life.  When 
Age  would  counsel  thee  and  Experience  would  teach  thee 
and  Wisdom  would  save  thee,  open  thy  hearts  and  minds  to 
hear  and  to  observe  and  to  heed.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy 
mother  and  all  those  who  possess  Wisdom.  There  is  no 
adornment  of  Youth  so  becoming  as  Modesty.  Meekness 
shall  lead  thee  to  Wisdom.  But  the  Scoffer  shall  bark  his 

own  shins  and  none  shall  give  him  sympathy.  Who  thinks 
he  knows  it  all  shall  find  that  what  he  knows  is  as  nothing. 

The  abiding  things  of  human  Life  are  Modesty  and  Wis¬ 
dom;  Charity  and  Generosity;  Kindness  and  Sympathy 
and  these  shall  ever  be  becoming  both  to  Youth  and  to  Age. 


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CHAPTER  30. 


This  is  the  word  I  bring  ye !  By  your  deeds  alone  can  ye 
be  saved.  God  is  concerned  not  over  what  thy  tongue  says 
but  over  what  thy  hands  do.  Christ  wants  not  words  but 
deeds.  Only  by  thy  deeds  can  the  belief  of  thy  heart  be 
made  manifest.  Not  a  Sabbath  Day  Religion  but  a  religion 
good  for  all  the  seven  days  of  the  week, — that  is  the  kind  of 
religion  which  God  seeks  and  Christ  demands.  No  more 
shall  the  sinner  cry,  Lord!  Lord!  forgive  mine  iniquities 
and  then  keep  flooding  himself  with  self  pity.  But  here¬ 
after  the  sinner  shall  shut  his  mouth  and  grit  his  teeth  and 
go  to  work  and  prove  the  sincerity  of  his  repentance  by  the 
zealousness  of  his  deeds.  All  Idleness  must  go, — even  the 
idleness  of  priests  and  ministers.  For  no  minister  wants  to 
be  idle  and  all  priests  love  work  when  their  hearts  are  right 
and  their  souls  are  clean.  In  days  to  come  there  shall  be  no 
salaried  ministers  or  priests.  But  even  as  the  Lord  giveth 
freely  of  his  wisdom  and  his  Knowledge  to  his  children  who 
believe,  so  His  children  who  receive  must  give  as  freely  to 
their  fellowmen.  Ye  cannot  buy  inspiration  nor  bargain 
for  the  light  of  real  Knowledge.  For  these  things  cometh 

from  the  Lord.  Love  is  not  love  that  is  given  for  a  price. 
So  Religion  is  not  religion  that  is  preached  for  a  salary. 

The  New  Day  is  coming!  I  bring  ye  tidings  of  great  mo¬ 
ment.  Listen!  all  ye  who  can  hear.  Hark  to  me,  all  ye  that 
are  spiritually  awake.  The  costly  temples  and  churches  and 

the  expensive  organs  there-of  must  be  cast  away, — even  as 
Christ  drove  the  money-changers  from  the  temple.  The 
pride  of  dress  and  the  richness  of  thy  church  furnishings 
are  an  offense  to  the  Lord.  I  tell  thee !  I  warn  thee !  Why 
are  the  churches  becoming  empty  and  why  are  the  admoni- 


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tions  of  the  pastor  and  priests  addressed  to  deaf  ears?  Be¬ 
cause  ye  have  adopted  Pagan  ways  and  manners  though  ye 
knew  it  not.  The  people  hunger  and  thirst  after  the  waters 
of  the  living  Truth  and  who-so  is  the  bearer  there-of  shall 
be  well — nay!  shall  be  royally  received.  For  men  love  to 
testify  to  the  power  of  the  Truth  that  makes  them  free.  Re¬ 
ligion  that  is  real  frees  the  souls  of  men.  It  does  so  by  in¬ 
sight,  not  by  hindsight.  It  does  so  by  revelation,  not  by  de¬ 
nunciation.  But  muttering  ancient  warnings  and  preach¬ 
ing  outworn  creeds  is  not  the  way  in  which  to  give  men  a 
Knowledge  of  the  Living  God.  The  sunlight  that  warms  the 
day  and  the  moonlight  that  makes  beautiful  the  night  are 
not  more  wondrous  and  acceptable  to  men  than  the  truth 
which  opens  their  hearts  and  exalts  their  souls.  All  men 
are  waiting  hungrily  to  have  their  hearts  opened  and  their 
souls  exalted  and  uplifted.  Ye  who  would  preach  to  men 
must  know  the  hearts  of  men  and  in  the  hearts  of  all  men( 
lies  a  spark  of  divine  fire  which  waiteth  only  for  a  breath  of 
the  living  Truth  to  kindle  into  a  flame.  Who-so  would 
teach  must  first  learn.  Who-so  would  preach  must  first  un¬ 
derstand.  Without  the  light  of  Knowledge  and  of  Wisdom 
and  of  Understanding  ye  shall  be  merely  blind  leaders  of 
the  Blind. 


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CHAPTER  31 


Unto  the  meek  shall  come  Mercy.  Unto  the  Patient 
shall  come  Power.  Unto  the  open  minded  and  humble  heart¬ 
ed  shall  come  Vision.  For  thus  saith  the  Lord.  A  new  Reli¬ 
gion  I  send  unto  thee.  A  greater  insight  and  foresight  I 
bring  unto  thee.  Greater  Reverence  and  Gratitude  I  grant 
thee.  Thine  eyes  shall  be  set  upon  the  future  and  thy  heart 
upon  the  hills.  Deep  Peace  shall  abide  with  thee.  Great 
Joy  shall  come  unto  thee.  Finer  music  shall  enter  into  thee. 
Songs  and  hymns  and  dances  shall  lift  thy  soul  and  exalt 
thy  heart  and  invigorate  thy  limbs.  And  thou  shalt  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord.  I  will  bring  Peace  and  Calm  and  Quiet 
unto  thee.  I  will  spread  Joy  and  Gladness  and  Contentment 

around  thee.  I  will  fill  thee  full  of  gratitude  for  the  sun¬ 
light  of  Day  and  for  the  moonlight  and  starlight  of  Night. 
And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord.  In  the  hours  of  Si¬ 
lence  I  will  speak  to  thee.  Through  the  days  of  blackest 
Darkness,  I  will  come  to  thee.  I  will  thrill  thy  soul  with 
Beauty  and  I  will  lift  thy  heart  to  Joy.  And  ye  shall  know 
and  feel  and  understand  that  I  am  the  Lord.  Straight  from 
heaven  falls  the  sunlight  and  the  moonlight  and  the  star¬ 
light.  So  straight  into  thy  heart  shall  fall  the  message  of 
the  Lord.  With  its  coming  shall  come  quiet.  With  its  fall¬ 
ing  shall  fall  Contentment.  With  its  entrance  thy  heart  and 
soul  shall  be  filled  with  a  calmness  all  divine. 

I  am  Health  and  Peace  and  Joy  and  Quiet  and  Strength ! 
Thus  saith  the  Lord. 


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CHAPTER  32 

The  poor  man  must  learn  to  have  sympathy  with  the 
rich  man  and  the  rich  man  must  learn  to  render  justice  to 
the  poor.  Envy  gnaweth  at  the  hearts  of  the  Poor  and  Ar¬ 
rogance  devoureth  the  souls  of  the  rich.  To  be  greedy  of 
praise  is  often  as  bad  as  to  be  greedy  for  money.  Exalt  not 
thy  own  way  and  manner  of  life.  The  man  who  works  with 
his  brain  thinks  he  is  smart  and  the  man  who  works  with 
his  muscle  thinks  he  is  smarter.  Both  of  these  need  the 
Modesty  that  leads  to  wisdom.  Without  Modesty  no  man 
can  rise  unto  a  vision  of  the  Truth.  No  man  will  be  proud 
of  himself  who  is  wise.  For  the  wise  man  knoweth  how  lit¬ 
tle  he  knows  and  how  much  he  has  to  learn.  Therefore  is  he 
humble.  Blessed  be  the  humble  for  they  shall  find  Joy  and 
know  Gladness  and  attain  unto  Happiness.  Without  Hap¬ 
piness  what  is  Life  save  a  barren  desert  land  that  needeth 
rain?  Little  drops  of  wisdom  are  the  fertilizers  of  the 
mind.  Blessed  are  they  who  seek  wisdom  for  the  light  of 

wisdom  is  the  illumination  of  the  world.  Peace  and  Pros¬ 
perity  and  Joy  and  Health  flourish  where-ever  wisdom 

abides.  Therefore  seek  wisdom  if  ye  would  know  Joy  and 
find  Happiness. 


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CHAPTER  33 


Flowers  are  the  messengers  of  God.  Birds  are  the  her¬ 
alds  of  the  Lord.  But  men  and  women  with  kind  hearts  are 
the  pillars  of  the  world.  Beware  of  greed  for  money  and 
greed  for  praise  and  greed  for  social  honors.  For  greed 
shall  squeeze  the  heart  dry  and  make  the  mind  cold.  Today 
let  thy  soul  exult  and  thy  lips  rejoice.  For  Today  is  the  day 
of  the  Lord.  Sing  thy  songs  of  praise!  Repeat  thy  thanks¬ 
giving  carols!  Lift  up  thy  hymns  in  gratitude.  For  the 
Day  of  the  Lord  is  here!  Rejoice,  O  ye  Nations!  Be  glad, 
O  ye  Peoples  of  the  Earth!  for  the  Day  of  the  Lord  is  here. 
Open  the  doors  of  thy  minds.  Let  the  windows  cf  thy  souls 
admit  the  light.  Let  thy  hearts  cry  out  in  gladness ;  the  Day 
of  the  Lord  is  here!  Freedom  to  every  heart!  Peace  to 
every  soul!  Strength  and  Vision  and  Understanding  unto 
every  mind!  The  Day  of  the  Lord  is  here!  Usher  in  with 
songs  the  glory  of  the  morning.  Bedeck  with  splendor  the 
coming  of  the  noontide!  Be  glad  for  the  calm  and  quiet  of 
the  evening !  As  messengers  who  bear  great  tidings  and  as 
heralds  who  bring  the  news  of  great  Joy,  so  let  thy  voice  be 
lifted  up  and  let  the  tidings  ring  forth  to  the  end  of  all  the 
Earth;  the  Day  of  the  Lord  is  here!  The  ocean  shall  bear 
the  tidings  on !  The  hills  shall  repeat  the  music  of  the  Mes¬ 
sage.  The  mighty  rivers  shall  sweep  this  anthem  to  the 
sea ;  The  Day  of  the  Lord  is  here !  0  the  Day  of  the  Lord  is 
here! 


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CHAPTER  34 


Thus  saith  the  Lord : 

When  a  Jew  shall  look  with  hatred  upon  a  Gentile.  When 
a  Gentile  shall  treat  with  aversion  a  Jew.  When  a  Catholic 
shall  feel  superior  to  a  Protestant.  When  a  Protestant 
shall  retaliate  upon  a  Catholic.  When  Baptists  and  Metho¬ 
dists  and  Episcopalians  and  Mohammedans  and  Buddhists 
and  Christian  Scientists  and  Theosophists  shall  say:  Our 
church  and  our  teachings  are  the  only  true  church  and  the 
only  right  teachings,  then  I  say  to  all  such:  Ye  are  Pagans 
and  Idolators  and  the  light  of  Truth  is  not  yet  in  you.  Kind¬ 
ness  and  Charity  and  Brotherly  Love  and  Sympathy  and 
open-mindedness — these  are  the  foundations  of  all  Reli¬ 
gion. 

Until  ye  love  your  fellowmen,  ye  cannot  love  God.  Un¬ 
til  ye  are  Kind  and  Forebearing  and  Sympathetic  with  thy 
fellowmen,  thou  canst  have  no  idea  of  the  qualities  of  God 
or  of  any  of  the  great  religious  leaders  of  the  world.  Go 
then !  Open  thy  hearts  and  widen  the  windows  of  thy  souls 
and  let  the  light  and  wisdom  and  Knowledge  of  the  Truth 
enter  there-in.  So  long  as  there  are  religious  sects,  there 
will  be  little  religion.  Where-ever  there  is  Self-Righteous¬ 
ness,  there  is  little  religion.  While  any  man  or  any  priest 
or  any  minister  disdains  or  treats  with  disrespect  any  other 
man  or  priest  or  minister  who  is  sincere,  let  such  man  or 
priest  or  minister  know  that  the  face  of  God  shall  be  turned 
away  from  him.  There  is  one  God, — and  He  is  nigh  unto 
you !  He  abides  with  you  always.  There  is  only  one  Reli¬ 
gion  and  it  is  open  unto  all  of  you — the  Religion  of  kind 
deeds  and  of  brotherly  love  and  of  sympathetic  feelings  and 
of  hope  for  and  faith  in  all  thy  fellowmen. 


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All  the  men  and  women  in  all  the  races  of  all  the  Earth 
are  the  children  of  God.  When  ye  have  sought  to  do  thy 
duty  by  thy  fellowmen;  when  thy  hearts  have  tried  to  love 
thy  fellowmen;  when  thy  souls  have  learned  to  have  sym¬ 
pathy  with  and  pity  for  thy  fellowmen,  then  ye  can  lift  up 
thy  hymns  of  praise  and  thanksgiving  to  the  Lord.  Thy 
first  religious  duty  is  thy  human  duty.  By  your  deeds  will 
I  know  ye!  By  the  emotions  of  thy  hearts  and  souls  and 
minds  will  I  judge  ye.  Until  ye  have  done  well,  ye  need  not 
try  to  preach  or  to  sing  well.  For  the  hymns  of  hypocrites 
are  a  harsh  and  discordant  music  unto  mine  ears.  Seek  to 
cleanse  thy  hearts  and  to  let  the  light  of  Wisdom  and  ofj 
Understanding  and  of  Sympathy  enter  into  thy  souls.  Then 
shall  I  know  thee  for  mine  own !  Saith  the  Lord. 

Open  thine  eyes  unto  Vision  and  thy  hearts  unto  Sym¬ 
pathy.  Wide  must  be  thy  foresight  and  deep  must  be  thy 
insight  if  ye  would  find  the  Truth.  No  petty  wrangles  and 
little  differences  over  particular  points  in  narrow  creeds 
shall  ever  bring  thee  to  a  knowledge  of  God.  Wide  is  the 
span  of  the  Heavens  and  wider  must  be  the  hearts  of  men. 
Deep  are  the  waters  of  the  ocean  and  deeper  must  be  the 
hearts  of  men.  Beautiful  are  the  colors  of  the  arching 
skies  and  more  beautiful  must  be  the  emotions  of  men  who 
would  gain  Wisdom  and  attain  unto  the  light  of  Under-; 
standing. 

The  world  is  large  and  fine  and  beautiful  and  open.  Even 
so  must  be  the  hearts  and  souls  and  minds  of  all  those  who 
would  know  God.  For  thus  saith  the  Lord. 


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CHAPTER  35. 


In  writings  that  are  religious,  I  command  ye  to  make 
them  fit  for  the  ears  of  children  to  hear  and  for  the  lips  of 
young  people  to  repeat.  The  sunlight  is  clear  and  the  star¬ 
light  is  pure  and  the  moonlight  is  without  blemish,  even  so 
shall  be  the  words  that  tell  of  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord.  Ye  shall  cease  to  publish  those  blasphemous  ancient 
lies  that  declare  that  Nations  were  spoiled  and  peoples  were 
exterminated  at  the  commandment  of  the  Lord.  No  longer 
shall  men  seek  to  cover  up  their  evil  deeds  and  no  more 
shall  Nations  attempt  to  uphold  their  greedy  attacks  upon 
their  weaker  fellows  by  invoking  the  name  of  God.  I  tell 
thee !  I  warn  thee !  Ye  are  hypocrites  if  ye  think  the  Lord 
will  aid  thy  cruelties  and  thy  racial  egotisms  and  thy  vi¬ 
cious  warlike  celebrations.  Ye  are  sleeping  children. 
Awake!  Ye  are  stupid  criminals.  Repent!  War  and  all 
that  war  stands  for  is  the  work  of  mankind’s  evil  hearts 
and  jealous  natures  and  envious  souls.  Away  with  it!  I 
will  not  hear, — I  will  not  heed — I  will  not  condone  the  songs 
and  prayers  and  supplications  of  hypocrites.  I  send  ye  the 
Law.  And  the  Law  of  Life  is  Love  and  Friendship  and 
Goodfellowship  and  Sympathy  and  Kindness  and  Charity. 
Cruelty  in  whatsoever  form  and  in  whatsoever  Cause  or 
under  whatsoever  Pretense  is  of  the  Devil.  I  tell  thee!  I 
warn  thee!  Peace  and  Quiet  and  Contentment  and  Good¬ 
will  are  the  marks  on  the  hearts  and  souls  of  all  religious 
men  and  women  where-so-ever  they  abide.  When  Religion 
comes  to  thee,  Peace  comes.  When  the  right  vision  of  God 
enters  thee,  Goodwill  and  Quiet  shall  abide  with  thee.  There 
is  no  mystical  way  or  wonderful  way  or  supernatural  way 
for  the  coming  of  the  Spirit  of  God.  It  falls  as  straight  as 


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sunlight  and  as  simply  as  moonlight  and  starlight.  When 
it  comes,  thou  shalt  know  and  it  will  come  whenever  thy 
heart  is  pure  and  thy  soul  is  clean. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord ! 


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CHAPTER  36. 


These  are  the  Laws  and  Ordinances  concerning  Food. 
But  remember  that  they  will  need  to  be  modified  in  the  Arc¬ 
tics  and  in  Tropical  climates.  After  the  age  of  twenty-five 
years,  thou  must  eat  as  many  green  vegetables  and  as  much 
fresh  fruit  as  possible.  Be  careful  to  drink  water  that  is 
pure  and  milk  that  is  clean.  Let  the  mother  nurse  her  baby 
whenever  possible.  For  children  who  suckle  are  stronger 
than  children  brought  up  on  the  bottle.  To  growing  child¬ 
ren  give  no  spiced  foods  or  drinks.  To  all  children  give 
plenty  of  food  and  of  great  variety.  But  simplicity  in  eat¬ 
ing  is  like  simplicity  in  life.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  learn.  Be 
careful  to  eat  fish  only  when  they  are  fresh  and  ham  when 
it  is  well  cured  and  pork  in  moderation.  The  flesh  of  lambs 
and  sheep  is  best.  Geese  and  ducks  and  chickens  are  better 
than  beef.  Milk  in  plenty  is  good  both  for  the  young  and 
old.  All  manner  of  canned  fruit  is  wholesome  but  not  so 
nutritious  as  fresh  fruit.  Eat  potatoes  boiled  or  baked 
with  their  skins  on.  Eat  apples,  pears,  plums  and  peaches 
without  peeling  them  when  they  are  clean.  Eat  all  the  ripe 
grapes  thou  canst  and  drink  all  the  grape  juice  possible. 
Figs  and  dates  are  most  wholesome  and  of  great  nutritive 
value.  Fried  food  is  hard  to  digest.  Therefore  use  the  fry¬ 
ing  pan  as  little  as  possible.  Fresh  air  and  exercise  are  the 
best  appetizers.  Make  not  a  God  out  of  thy  stomach  nor 
eat  for  mere  pleasure.  For  gluttony  and  all  over  eating' 
are  sins  and  the  source  of  many  moral,  mental  and  physical' 
evils.  Use  commonsense  and  moderation  in  thy  eating  and 
drinking  and  thou  wilt  grow  strong.  The  right  and  moder¬ 
ate  use  of  all  good  things  is  wise.  But  beware  of  excess. 
Wine  and  tobacco  are  both  bad  for  the  young.  Beware  of 


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them.  Let  them  be  used  with  great  moderation  even  by  the 
adult  and  aged.  To  athletes  and  to  the  strong  and  healthy 
neither  stimulants  nor  narcotics  are  needed.  The  taking 
of  what  thou  dost  not  need  will  often  interfere  with  the  as- 
simulation  of  what  thou  dost  need.  Most  drugs  are  not 
needed  at  all.  Wisdom  in  the  matter  of  eating  and  drinking 
is  the  basis  of  all  mental  and  moral  and  physical  strength, 
Fat  tends  to  weaken  the  will-power  by  fostering  physical 
and  mental  sluggishness.  Only  those  alert  and  sinewy  tend 
to  be  people  of  prompt  and  virile  and  vigorous  action.  The 
mind  that  is  best  trained  and  most  efficient  will  be  found 
in  the  body  that  has  been  most  wisely  nurtured.  Be  active 
in  mind  if  thou  wouldst  be  strong  of  body.  But  Mind  and 
Soul  and  Body  should  work  together  as  one.  Unity  and  Har¬ 
mony  are  the  conditions  of  the  highest  mental  and  physical 
strength.  Discord  breeds  weakness.  Lack  of  harmony 
tends  to  destroy.  The  foremost  condition  of  all  strong  phy¬ 
sical  life  is  the  harmony  that  denotes  and  promotes  strong 
spiritual  life.  Only  by  a  proper  mental  and  spiritual  de¬ 
velopment  canst  thou  attain  unto  the  best  physical  develop¬ 
ment.  For  such  is  the  Law. 


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CHAPTER  37. 


Study  a  few  things  and  study  them  thoroughly.  Learn 
a  few  laws  and  learn  them  well.  Let  thy  mind  and  heart 
and  soul  be  ever  open  to  receive  new  truth.  Prompt  action 
depends  upon  clear  thinking  and  clear  thinking  depends 
upon  the  mastery  of  whatever  thy  mind  devotes  itself  unto. 
Beware  of  Mysticism  lest  it  lead  thee  into  mental  fogs. 
Good  mental  digestion  is  the  beginning  of  Wisdom.  Litter 
not  thy  mind  up  with  intellectual  lumber.  Confuse  not  thy 
soul  with  moral  and  spiritual  puzzles.  Look  forth  unto 
the  sunshine  and  try  to  be  as  clear  and  open  minded  as  the 
sunbeams  are.  Be  not  impatient  to  master  many  facts.  For 
a  little  real  knowledge  will  lead  thee  to  Wisdom  and  a  little 
Wisdom  is  the  beginning  of  Salvation.  If  thou  art  chosen 
by  God  to  be  a  scholar  and  a  teacher,  let  nothing  on  the 
earth  or  in  the  heavens  be  a  thing  of  indifference  to  thee.: 
Love  all  things;  test  all  things;  investigate  all  things  and 
cling  to  those  that  are  best.  Faith  will  help  thee  to  find  an 
anchor  and  will  teach  thee  how  to  use  it.  Beware  of  anchor¬ 
ing  thy  boat  in  the  soft  and  oozy  mud  of  decayed  doctrines 
and  ancient  falsehoods.  Life  is  a  great  open  sea  where-on 
the  sun  shines  and  the  breezes  blow  and  where-to  the  perils 
and  adventures  of  coming  days  invite  thee.  Therefore  sail 
boldly  forth  when  thou  hast  learned  how  to  sail.  With 
thine  eyes  upon  the  guiding  star  of  everlasting  Truth,  thou 
shalt  in  good  time  arrive  at  thy  port  and  complete  thy  voy¬ 
age  in  safety.  But  beware  of  those  who  would  keep  thee 
moored  beside  rotting  docks  and  ancient  roadways  and 
stagnant  inlets.  There  is  no  life  for  the  Truth-seeker  in 
quiet  coves  beside  ancient  moorings.  The  open  sea  and  the 
running  waves  and  the  racing  clouds  and  the  rumbling 


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thunder  and  the  streaked  lightning — these  are  the  things 
that  help  to  teach  a  real  sailor  how  to  guide  his  boat  and  the 
mariner  how  to  preserve  his  craft.  Therefore  face  Life  as 
a  mariner  faces  the  great  open  sea.  Do  thy  best  and  God 
will  be  with  thee.  Heed  not  the  cries  of  timid  folk  on  the 
shore.  For  courage  is  the  main-mast  of  the  soul.  No  mar¬ 
iner  ever  learned  how  to  sail  his  boat  or  found  out  what 
Life  is  or  what  Faith  meant  until  he  faced  the  perils  and  the 
tumults  and  the  high  glory  of  the  open  sea.  If  thou  wouldst 
learn  how  to  steer  thy  boat,  watch  the  helmsman  at  the 
wheel.  Many  things  must  he  know — not  only  the  wheel  un¬ 
der  his  hand  but  the  clouds  above  his  head  and  the  ocean 
under  his  feet.  Most  of  all  must  he  learn  to  have  Faith  in 
the  protecting  hand  of  the  great  pilot  of  all  Life  who  will 
guide  him  through  all  the  storms  and  perils  and  dangers 
of  the  wildest  seas.  Such  a  pilot  is  God.  With  faith  in  God, 

thou  canst  not  fail.  But  be  careful  as  He  is  careful.  Be 
hopeful  as  He  is  hopeful.  Be  courageous  as  He  is  courage¬ 
ous  and  thou  shalt  in  good  time  reach  a  safe  harbor  on  a, 
quiet  shore.  Then  storms  shall  be  behind  thee  and  peace 
shall  be  before  thee  and  around  thee.  “Well  done!  Good 
and  faithful  Servant!” — those  are  the  words  that  shah 
come  into  thy  ears.  For  the  Lord  is  with  thee  and  the  Lord 
watches  over  thee  and  the  Lord  shall  strengthen  thee. 
Therefore  trust  in  the  Lord  and  be  of  a  brave  heart.  For 
all  will  be  well  with  the  Heart  that  has  courage  and  with 
the  Soul  that  has  faith. 


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CHAPTER  38. 


If  thou  wouldst  be  a  human  and  humane  being,  study 
the  Gospel  according  to  Matthew  where-in  Christ’s  teach¬ 
ings  are  set  forth.  Read  them,  digest  them,  make  them 
thine  own.  Christ  was  not  the  only  great  religious  teacher 
of  the  world,  but  he  was  the  greatest  teacher  of  religion 
who  ever  came  to  Earth.  His  words  are  the  briefest;  his: 
parables  are  the  shortest  and  his  admonitions  are  the 

wisest  that  have  ever  been  uttered  for  the  guidance  of 
men.  If  thou  canst  find  any  better  teachings  in  any  book 

in  all  the  world,  take  them.  But  the  more  the  words  and, 
teachings  of  Christ  are  compared  with  the  teachings  of  any 
other  man,  the  greater  will  they  appear  when  brevity  and 
clarity  and  straight  forward  vividness  of  speech  are  con¬ 
sidered.  Not  what  is  said  but  the  way  in  which  it  is  said  is 
what  makes  a  lesson  penetrate  the  mind  of  the  learner. 
Words  must  be  used  like  arrows.  They  must  be  strong, 
clear,  direct.  When  the  bull’s  eye  is  struck,  stop.  When 
the  point  of  the  lesson  is  reached,  Silence!  Not  what  is  said 
but  what  is  left  unspoken  is  the  secret  of  Wisdom.  Yet  all 
the  Wisdom  of  life  was  not  given  even  to  Christ  to  speak. 
For  God  inspires  many  men  and  the  Lord  sendeth  down  to 
Earth  many  commands  and  God  reveals  to  men  many 
truths.  The  great  value  of  Christ’s  teachings  consists  ini 
the  fact  that  they  contain  the  essence  of  all  Wisdom.  They 
give  in  a  few  words  all  that  is  necessary  for  the  guidance 
of  men  in  their  daily  lives.  If  the  teachings  of  Christ  were 
rightly  appreciated  priests  and  ministers  would  stop  and 
try  to  understand  them  and  when  they  once  understood 
them,  they  would  live  by  them.  When  teachings  that  are 
adequate  are  given  to  thee,  stay  by  them  and  live  by  them. 


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That  is  what  Wisdom  is  for — to  furnish  a  clear  and  prompt 
guide  to  action.  Out  of  all  the  mass  of  teachings,  ye  are  to 
select  the  best.  Yet  only  what  the  mind  is  ready  to  receive 
can  it  take  and  digest.  Only  what  the  Soul  is  open  to  per¬ 
ceive  can  it  make  use  of.  Thus  it  is  only  Today  after  almost 
two  thousand  years  that  the  mind  of  the  world  is  getting 
ready  to  receive  the  real  message  of  Christ.  In  Christ’s 
name,  men  have  waged  war.  In  Christ’s  name  men  havel 
preached  bigotry  and  acted  uncharity!  In  Christ’s  name, 
men  have  shut  their  minds  up  and  strangled  their  souls  with 
narrow  creeds.  If  ye  would  honor  Christ  keep  clearly  ini 
mind  what  Christ  came  on  earth  to  do.  Christ’s  mission! 
was  to  remind  men  that  God  is  a  living  God  and  not  a  dead 
memory  or  an  ancient  tradition.  Christ  came  to  open  the 
hearts  and  minds  and  souls  of  men.  Christ  came  to  liberal¬ 
ize  and  humanize  and  broaden  the  minds  of  all  mankind. 
Therefore  be  open  minded  and  zealous  hearted  and  sym¬ 
pathetic  of  soul,  if  ye  would  know  the  way  and  the  light  and 
the  knowledge  that  leads  to  an  understanding  of  God.  But 
remember  that  every  petty  Prejudice  and  every  little  Envy 
and  every  small  Jealousy  are  things  that  tend  to  shut  the 
windows  of  the  soul  away  from  understanding  and  to  shut 
out  from  the  heart  the  sunlight  of  Love.  Be  not  discour¬ 
aged.  If  thou  stumblest,  pick  thyself  up  and  go  on.  If  thou 
makest  a  mistake,  correct  it  and  do  better.  If  thou  stray 
from  the  path,  repent  and  return.  Even  as  the  Lord  thy 
God  is  merciful,  be  thou  merciful  to  thy  own  soul.  Never 
is  it  too  late  to  repent.  Never  is  it  too  late  to  let  the  light  in 

Never  is  it  too  late  to  lift  thy  head  up  and  say, — I  will  do 
right.  The  hour  of  thy  sincere  repentance  is  the  beginning 

of  a  new  life.  Therefore  despair  not!  Hope  and  Faith  and 
Love  shall  bring  any  man  who  sincerely  tries  to  do  well  to 


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the  knowledge  of  how  and  what  to  do.  Good  deeds  will  fol¬ 
low  good  resolutions  when  sincerity  is  joined  to  decision. 
But  patience  to  persevere  must  be  back  of  all  good  resolu¬ 
tions.  A  weak  will  is  the  last  refuge  of  Sin.  Weaklings  can 
do  little  for  themselves  and  God  can  do  little  for  them  until 
they  develop  strength  by  developing  strength  of  Will.  Thou 
must  be  strong  in  thy  love  and  strong  in  thy  Faith,  before 
thou  canst  be  strong  in  thy  action. 


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CHAPTER  39 


Patience  and  Perseverance  are  the  parents  of  all 
Strength.  Therefore  be  patient  and  persevere  and  thou 
shalt  climb  the  mountains  that  are  high  and  overcome  the 
obstacles  that  are  difficult.  Having  Patience  and  Persever¬ 
ance  thou  shalt  tread  roads  that  are  rough  and  thou  shalt 
face  winds  that  are  cold  and  storms  that  are  bitter.  Thus 
thou  shalt  come  to  know  Life  and  to  reverence  Virtue  and 
to  realize  the  meaning  of  Goodness  which  is  merely  the  abil¬ 
ity  won  by  self-sacrifice  to  help  and  to  assist  and  to  be  of 
service  to  thy  fellowmen.  As  the  Strong  man  rejoiceth  in 
the  race  to  be  run,  so  the  Soul  that  is  strong  exults  in  the 
difficulties  to  be  overcome  and  in  the  hardships  to  be  faced. 

Bitter  winter  winds  shall  become  as  summer  breezes  and 
roughest  roads  shall  be  smooth  as  city  pavements  and 
things  that  seemed  hard  shall  be  softer  than  downy  pillows 
and  sweeter  than  the  breath  of  June  roses  to  the  heart  and 
soul  and  mind  that  is  filled  with  Faith  and  Hope  and  Cour¬ 
age  and  Love.  For  thus  saith  the  Lord ! 


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CHAPTER  40 


I  ask  of  you,  0  men  and  women,  no  impossible  virtues, 
no  unattainable  talents,  no  divine  ambitions  or  qualities.  I 
ask  you  to  be  first  of  all  merely  human  beings, — kind,  char¬ 
itable,  open-minded,  free  hearted  and  sympathetic.  Divine 
things  and  unseen  things  are  my  domain.  The  Earth  is  thy 
domain.  Attend  unto  thy  own.  Before  thou  art  great 
scholars  or  poets  or  musicians  or  artists  or  singers  or  dan¬ 
cers  or  merchants,  farmers,  mechanics  or  inventors,  see 
first  of  all  that  thou  act  like  human  beings.  A  real  human 
being  is  a  humane  being  and  to  be  humane  means  to  be  on 
the  road  to  eternal  life.  But  remember  to  walk  before  you 
try  to  run.  Learn  thy  spiritual  A  B  C’s  before  you  try  to 
penetrate  the  mysteries  of  the  divine  Present  or  the  glory 
of  the  wondrous  Future.  Learn  to  creep  before  you  try  to 
leap.  He  who  moves  slowly  moves  surely.  Impatience  is 
the  vice  of  the  foolish  and  the  hindrance  of  the  unwise.  One 
step  at  a  time  is  enough.  Plant  thy  feet  carefully,  learn  to 
walk  firmly  and  go  forward  humbly  to  the  destiny  that 
awaits  thee.  The  way  of  Eternity  is  a  long  road.  Many, 
start  out  briskly  in  the  morning.  Few  endure  patiently  and 
cheerfully  unto  the  evening.  The  sin  of  impatience  is 
grievous  and  it  trippeth  many  feet.  The  ways  of  vanity  are 
many  and  they  waste  the  time  of  many  souls.  The  baubles 
of  Pride  are  countless  and  they  lure  to  destruction  hearts 
by  the  thousand.  The  Illusions  and  Delusions  of  Pleasure 
are  infinite  and  they  blind  the  eyes  of  millions.  Yet  Religion 
that  is  real  and  Life  that  is  true  is  a  joyful  thing.  True  Life 
should  be  filled  with  happy  songs  and  wholesome  dances 
and  with  merriment  of  many  kinds.  Every  good  thing  the 
heart  longs  for,  every  beautiful  thing  the  mind  craves  for, 


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every  high  and  noble  and  splendid  thing  the  soul  seeketh 
shall  all  come  to  earth  for  the  comfort  and  instruction  and 
amusement  of  mankind.  After  all  worthy  toil  shall  come 
the  hours  of  worthy  recreation.  For  thus  saith  the  Law. 


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CHAPTER  41 


Bear  always  in  mind  that  Heart  and  Soul  and  Body  all 
need  recreation.  Starve  not  any  one  of  these  in  ministering 
unto  the  others.  For  Immorality  is  a  wrong  balance  of  thy 
faculties.  I  gave  thee  a  Body.  Work  with  it.  I  gave  thee  a 
mind.  Develop  it.  I  gave  thee  a  Heart.  Let  it  grow  and 
expand.  I  gave  thee  a  Soul.  Let  it  exult  in  adoration  for 
what  is  high  and  fine  and  true.  Thus  will  the  needs  of  each 
be  met  by  the  activities  of  all.  Let  not  thy  Heart  and  Soul 
slumber  within  thee.  Else  shall  thy  happiness  be  endan¬ 
gered  and  thy  body  be  impaired.  If  thou  hast  hatred  in  thy 
heart  for  any  fellowman,  know  that  as  yet  ye  have  no  right 
sense  of  Religion.  If  thou  dost  a  cruel  deed  to  man  or  beast, 
know  that  thou  art  still  a  sinner.  If  thy  heart  holds  an  atom 
of  Envy  or  Jealousy  or  Suspicion  or  Disdain  toward  any 
human  being,  know  that  as  yet  thou  art  not  humane  and 
just;  that  the  lessons  of  the  Law  have  not  been  learned  by 
thee.  Ironclad  creeds  and  rigid  rules  and  unbending  com¬ 
mandments  are  not  and  never  have  been  the  teachings  of 
God.  For  always  God  tempers  his  judgments  with  Mercy 
and  always  God  takes  into  full  account  the  mitigating  cir¬ 
cumstances  that  precede  a  crime  or  a  wrong  or  a  mistake. 


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CHAPTER  42 


Rigid  and  wrathful  writings  were  mostly  the  work  of 
priests  and  rabbis  who  wished  to  maintain  their  power  and 
authority  over  the  people.  Cruel  commands  were  never  the 
commands  of  God  for  God  desireth  foremost  and  always  to 
free  the  souls  and  uplift  the  hearts  and  comfort  the  minds 
of  his  children.  And  the  children  of  God  include  all  the  peo¬ 
ples  of  every  color  in  every  climate  in  the  whole  world.  Yet 
the  people  of  almost  every  race  have  at  different  times  al¬ 
lowed  cruel  leaders  to  lead  them  and  cruel  teachers  to  teach 
them.  Hence  cruel  deeds  done  by  some  men  to  other  men 
have  been  a  considerable  part  of  the  history  of  mankind. 
Cruel  teachings  perpetuate  cruelty  and  wrong  teachings 
help  forward  falsehoods  and  lies  and  all  abominations.  But 
the  Day  of  thy  Deliverance  is  at  hand !  0  my  People  and 
my  Children.  Fling  away  thy  fears,  for  God  loves  thee. 
Put  away  thy  Doubt  and  Despair  and  Anguish.  For  God 
will,  as  soon  as  thou  fillest  thy  heart  with  Goodwill  and 
Brotherly  Love,  reveal  unto  thee  the  Law.  Learn  to  be 
Kind  and  thou  shalt  know.  Try  to  be  just  and  thou  shalt 
see.  Open  thy  heart  to  Mercy  and  thou  shalt  understand. 


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CHAPTER  43 


Love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself  and  thou  shalt  be  blessed. 
Do  thy  daily  tasks  with  cheerfulness  and  thou  shalt  be  com¬ 
forted.  Be  honest  and  faithful  and  true  and  thou  shalt  find 
that  virtue  is  its  own  reward  and  that  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven  is  within  thee.  Heaven  and  Hell  begin  Here,  not 
Here-after.  As  thou  doest,  so  shall  thou  be  done  by.  As 
thou  sowest,  so  shalt  thou  reap.  There  is  no  short  cut  to 
Heaven  and  there  are  no  sudden  plunges  to  Hell.  But  the 
way  is  long  and  the  path  is  straight  unto  them  both.  The 
great  sin  of  sins  is  to  shut  thy  soul  out  into  the  Darkness 
and  Loneliness  and  Ugliness  and  Discord  of  thy  own  Sel¬ 
fishness.  Love  the  world  without  and  thou  shalt  find  and 
free  thy  Soul  within.  The  Heaven  thou  seekest  and  the  Hell 
thou  fearest,  thou  shalt  find  within  thy  own  soul.  There¬ 
fore  learn  to  do  right  and  thou  shalt  fear  nothing.  As  thou 
doest  Here,  so  shall  be  thy  Here-after.  As  thou  livest  To¬ 
day,  so  shalt  thou  determine  thy  life  Tomorrow.  If  thou 
enviest,  Envies  shall  overshadow  thee.  If  thou  hast  van¬ 
ity,  Folly  shall  smother  thee.  But  if  thou  has  an  open  heart, 
Freedom  shall  be  with  thee.  If  thou  hast  a  kind  soul,  Joy 
shall  sleep  beside  thee.  If  thou  hast  a  pure  mind,  thou  shalt 
see  God.  Have  Love  and  Respect  and  Consideration  for  all 
thy  fellowmen  and  God  will  be  with  thee  forevermore. 
Peace  shall  spread  her  wings  over  all  the  Earth.  Joy  shall 
blow  her  bugles  from  every  mountain  peak.  Health  and 
Gladness  shall  lighten  up  the  skies  of  the  whole  world 


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Who-so-ever  shall  prove  to  be  human,  him  will  I  make 
divine.  Who-so-ever  shall  be  Kind,  him  will  I  make  free. 
Who-so-ever  shall  be  humble,  him  will  I  exalt  in  Strength 
and  Joy.  Purity  of  heart  and  Sympathy  of  Soul  and  Mercy 
of  Mind, — these  are  the  things  where-of  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven  is  builded.  Whenever  in  good  time  any  human  be¬ 
ing  shall  have  cleansed  his  heart  and  purified  his  mind,  the 
gates  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  shall  open  unto  him.  I 
give  hope  unto  all  my  children, — the  lowest  and  the  highest; 
the  mightiest  and  the  least.  Therefore  be  of  good  cheer,  all 
ye  who  suffer  and  are  heavy-laden.  For  the  end  of  all  shall 
be  Peace  and  Joy  and  Rest.  Thus  saith  the  Lord. 

The  End 

Davenport,  Iowa,  January  12, 1922. 


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We  are  all  travellers  thru  this  world.  What  we  need  is 
the  sight  of  the  Beauty  that  will  lift  and  inspire  and  cleanse 
the  Soul;  a  word  of  Sympathy  that  will  sweeten  the  Heart; 
a  word  of  Hope  that  will  cheer  the  Spirit. 

Friend,  I  would  give  you  these  while  here  you  bide. 
When  you  go  hence,  remember  that  my  blessing  goes  with 
you. 


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